#6E23A4#6E23A4

#6E23A4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.193 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E23A4
RGB	rgb(110, 35, 164)
HSL	hsl(275, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(275, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 78.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.25, 54.37, -54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.25, 77.21, 314.76°)
OKLab	oklab(44.06% 0.1139 -0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(44.06% 0.193 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.7308, 7.1975, 35.7807)
Luminance	0.0720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E23A4 #59A423

analogous

#2E23A4 #6E23A4 #A4239A

triadic

#6E23A4 #A46E23 #23A46E

tetradic

#6E23A4 #A42E23 #59A423 #239AA4

square

#6E23A4 #A42E23 #59A423 #239AA4

split-complementary

#6E23A4 #9AA423 #23A42E

monochromatic

#2A0D3F #4C1872 #6E23A4 #8F31D3 #AB64DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#6E23A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#6E23A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E23A4

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E23A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E23A4	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#644463

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e23a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 35, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.193 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d67c0',
    500: '#6e23a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e23a4;
$custom-light: #9d67c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e23a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.884,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44062,
    "c": 0.19316,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E23A4

secondary

#89C360

accent

#E84086

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF7

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E23A4

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

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