#6A137E#6A137E

#6A137E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.172 H 318.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A137E
RGB	rgb(106, 19, 126)
HSL	hsl(289, 74%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(289, 85%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 84.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.84, 50.93, -40.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.84, 64.87, 321.74°)
OKLab	oklab(39.22% 0.1296 -0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(39.22% 0.172 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.9421, 5.0368, 20.1831)
Luminance	0.0504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A137E #277E13

analogous

#34137E #6A137E #7E135C

triadic

#6A137E #7E6A13 #137E6A

tetradic

#6A137E #7E3413 #277E13 #135C7E

square

#6A137E #7E3413 #277E13 #135C7E

split-complementary

#6A137E #5C7E13 #137E34

monochromatic

#16041B #3D0B49 #6A137E #971BB3 #BE2CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.46

#6A137E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#6A137E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A137E

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A137E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A137E	1.00	10.46	2.01	10.46
#FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B427C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A2C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a137e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 19, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.172 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#985ea4',
    500: '#6a137e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a137e;
$custom-light: #985ea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a137e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.785,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39217,
    "c": 0.17199,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A137E

secondary

#50B439

accent

#F0375A

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A137E

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

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