#6A157C#6A157C

#6A157C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.169 H 319.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A157C
RGB	rgb(106, 21, 124)
HSL	hsl(290, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(290, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 83.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.89, 49.96, -38.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.89, 63.27, 322.15°)
OKLab	oklab(39.21% 0.1284 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(39.21% 0.169 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.8496, 5.0562, 19.5220)
Luminance	0.0506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A157C #277C15

analogous

#37157C #6A157C #7C155A

triadic

#6A157C #7C6A15 #157C6A

tetradic

#6A157C #7C3715 #277C15 #155A7C

square

#6A157C #7C3715 #277C15 #155A7C

split-complementary

#6A157C #5A7C15 #157C37

monochromatic

#16041A #3D0C48 #6A157C #971EB0 #BE30DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#6A157C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#6A157C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A157C

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A157C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A157C	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F427A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A2C49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a157c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 21, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.169 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#985fa2',
    500: '#6a157c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a157c;
$custom-light: #985fa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a157c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.515,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3921,
    "c": 0.1685,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A157C

secondary

#50B13C

accent

#EE3A59

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A157C

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

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