#6E23AE#6E23AE

#6E23AE is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.203 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E23AE
RGB	rgb(110, 35, 174)
HSL	hsl(272, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(272, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 79.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.08, 56.66, -59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.08, 82.15, 313.61°)
OKLab	oklab(44.89% 0.1112 -0.1697)
OKLCH	oklch(44.89% 0.203 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.6696, 7.5731, 40.7251)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E23AE #63AE23

analogous

#2823AE #6E23AE #AE23A8

triadic

#6E23AE #AE6E23 #23AE6E

tetradic

#6E23AE #AE2823 #63AE23 #23A8AE

square

#6E23AE #AE2823 #63AE23 #23A8AE

split-complementary

#6E23AE #A8AE23 #23AE28

monochromatic

#2E0F48 #4E197B #6E23AE #8D37D7 #AA6AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#6E23AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#6E23AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E23AE

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E23AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E23AE	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#614969

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e23ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 35, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.203 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e68c7',
    500: '#6e23ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e23ae;
$custom-light: #9e68c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e23ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.374,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44894,
    "c": 0.20293,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E23AE

secondary

#93C766

accent

#E93E8D

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F4EBF8

border

#CEC6D1

text

#0F0713

muted

#7F7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E23AE

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

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