#6E23A5#6E23A5

#6E23A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.194 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E23A5
RGB	rgb(110, 35, 165)
HSL	hsl(275, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(275, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 78.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.33, 54.60, -55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.33, 77.71, 314.64°)
OKLab	oklab(44.14% 0.1136 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(44.14% 0.194 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.8215, 7.2338, 36.2581)
Luminance	0.0723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E23A5 #5AA523

analogous

#2D23A5 #6E23A5 #A5239B

triadic

#6E23A5 #A56E23 #23A56E

tetradic

#6E23A5 #A52D23 #5AA523 #239BA5

square

#6E23A5 #A52D23 #5AA523 #239BA5

split-complementary

#6E23A5 #9BA523 #23A52D

monochromatic

#2B0E40 #4C1873 #6E23A5 #8F32D3 #AB64DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#6E23A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#6E23A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E23A5

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E23A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E23A5	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#644564

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e23a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 35, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.194 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d67c1',
    500: '#6e23a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e23a5;
$custom-light: #9d67c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e23a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.615,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44144,
    "c": 0.19413,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E23A5

secondary

#8AC460

accent

#E84087

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F4EBF8

border

#CEC6D1

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E23A5

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

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