#6F229D#6F229D

#6F229D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.188 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6F229D
RGB	rgb(111, 34, 157)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(278, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 78.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.71, 53.36, -51.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.71, 74.12, 316.04°)
OKLab	oklab(43.54% 0.1178 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(43.54% 0.188 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.2121, 6.9581, 32.5388)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6F229D #509D22

analogous

#32229D #6F229D #9D228E

triadic

#6F229D #9D6F22 #229D6F

tetradic

#6F229D #9D3222 #509D22 #228E9D

square

#6F229D #9D3222 #509D22 #228E9D

split-complementary

#6F229D #8E9D22 #229D32

monochromatic

#280C38 #4B176B #6F229D #932DCF #AD5DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#6F229D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#6F229D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6F229D

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6F229D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6F229D	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68415F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6f229d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(111, 34, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.188 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d66bb',
    500: '#6f229d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6f229d;
$custom-light: #9d66bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6f229d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 111,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.561,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43539,
    "c": 0.18765,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6F229D

secondary

#80C15A

accent

#E7407F

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6F229D

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

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