#6E23A8#6E23A8

#6E23A8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.197 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E23A8
RGB	rgb(110, 35, 168)
HSL	hsl(274, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(274, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 79.2%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.58, 55.28, -56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.58, 79.19, 314.27°)
OKLab	oklab(44.39% 0.1129 -0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(44.39% 0.197 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.0977, 7.3443, 37.7131)
Luminance	0.0734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E23A8 #5DA823

analogous

#2C23A8 #6E23A8 #A8239F

triadic

#6E23A8 #A86E23 #23A86E

tetradic

#6E23A8 #A82C23 #5DA823 #239FA8

square

#6E23A8 #A82C23 #5DA823 #239FA8

split-complementary

#6E23A8 #9FA823 #23A82C

monochromatic

#2C0E43 #4D1875 #6E23A8 #8E34D5 #AA66DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#6E23A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#6E23A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E23A8

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E23A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E23A8	1.00	8.51	2.47	8.51
#FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634665

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e23a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 35, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.197 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d67c3',
    500: '#6e23a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e23a8;
$custom-light: #9d67c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e23a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.835,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44391,
    "c": 0.19707,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E23A8

secondary

#8DC562

accent

#E83F89

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F4EBF8

border

#CEC6D1

text

#0F0613

muted

#7F7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E23A8

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

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