#6A157E#6A157E

#6A157E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.170 H 318.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A157E
RGB	rgb(106, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(289, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(289, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.04, 50.35, -39.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.04, 64.22, 321.64°)
OKLab	oklab(39.36% 0.1281 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(39.36% 0.17 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.9774, 5.1074, 20.1949)
Luminance	0.0511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A157E #297E15

analogous

#36157E #6A157E #7E155E

triadic

#6A157E #7E6A15 #157E6A

tetradic

#6A157E #7E3615 #297E15 #155E7E

square

#6A157E #7E3615 #297E15 #155E7E

split-complementary

#6A157E #5E7E15 #157E36

monochromatic

#16041A #3E0C4A #6A157E #961EB2 #BC31DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.39

#6A157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#6A157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A157E

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A157E	1.00	10.39	2.02	10.39
#FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C437C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A2D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.170 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#985fa4',
    500: '#6a157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a157e;
$custom-light: #985fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.571,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39357,
    "c": 0.17024,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A157E

secondary

#52B33C

accent

#EE3A5C

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A157E

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

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