#6E238F#6E238F

#6E238F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.173 H 313.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E238F
RGB	rgb(110, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(282, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(282, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.64, 49.71, -44.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.64, 66.80, 318.09°)
OKLab	oklab(42.42% 0.1181 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(42.42% 0.173 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.9885, 6.5006, 26.6045)
Luminance	0.0650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6E238F #448F23

analogous

#38238F #6E238F #8F237A

triadic

#6E238F #8F6E23 #238F6E

tetradic

#6E238F #8F3823 #448F23 #237A8F

square

#6E238F #8F3823 #448F23 #237A8F

split-complementary

#6E238F #7A8F23 #238F38

monochromatic

#220B2D #48175E #6E238F #942FC0 #AF57D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#6E238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#6E238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E238F

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E238F	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004492

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#184A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A3B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.173 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b66b0',
    500: '#6e238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e238f;
$custom-light: #9b66b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.667,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42422,
    "c": 0.17273,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E238F

secondary

#73BA54

accent

#E44475

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0F0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E238F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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