#6E239D#6E239D

#6E239D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.186 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E239D
RGB	rgb(110, 35, 157)
HSL	hsl(277, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(277, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 77.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.70, 52.79, -51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.70, 73.74, 315.72°)
OKLab	oklab(43.5% 0.1155 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(43.5% 0.186 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.1160, 6.9516, 32.5426)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E239D #529D23

analogous

#31239D #6E239D #9D238F

triadic

#6E239D #9D6E23 #239D6E

tetradic

#6E239D #9D3123 #529D23 #238F9D

square

#6E239D #9D3123 #529D23 #238F9D

split-complementary

#6E239D #8F9D23 #239D31

monochromatic

#280D39 #4B186B #6E239D #912ECF #AB5FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#6E239D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#6E239D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E239D

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E239D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E239D	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66415F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e239d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 35, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.186 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c67bb',
    500: '#6e239d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e239d;
$custom-light: #9c67bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e239d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.885,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43498,
    "c": 0.18633,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E239D

secondary

#82C05C

accent

#E74181

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E239D

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

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