#6A157D#6A157D

#6A157D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.169 H 319.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A157D
RGB	rgb(106, 21, 125)
HSL	hsl(289, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(289, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 83.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.97, 50.16, -39.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.97, 63.74, 321.89°)
OKLab	oklab(39.28% 0.1283 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(39.28% 0.169 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.9132, 5.0817, 19.8568)
Luminance	0.0508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A157D #287D15

analogous

#36157D #6A157D #7D155C

triadic

#6A157D #7D6A15 #157D6A

tetradic

#6A157D #7D3615 #287D15 #155C7D

square

#6A157D #7D3615 #287D15 #155C7D

split-complementary

#6A157D #5C7D15 #157D36

monochromatic

#16041A #3E0C49 #6A157D #961EB1 #BD30DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.42

#6A157D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#6A157D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A157D

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A157D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A157D	1.00	10.42	2.02	10.42
#FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E427B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A2D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a157d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 21, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.169 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#985fa3',
    500: '#6a157d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a157d;
$custom-light: #985fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a157d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.038,
    "s": 71.233,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39283,
    "c": 0.16938,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A157D

secondary

#51B23C

accent

#EE3A5B

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A157D

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

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