#6A177D#6A177D

#6A177D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.167 H 319.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A177D
RGB	rgb(106, 23, 125)
HSL	hsl(289, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(289, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 81.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.18, 49.54, -38.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.18, 63.04, 321.79°)
OKLab	oklab(39.43% 0.1267 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(39.43% 0.167 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.9514, 5.1581, 19.8695)
Luminance	0.0516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A177D #2A7D17

analogous

#37177D #6A177D #7D175D

triadic

#6A177D #7D6A17 #177D6A

tetradic

#6A177D #7D3717 #2A7D17 #175D7D

square

#6A177D #7D3717 #2A7D17 #175D7D

split-complementary

#6A177D #5D7D17 #177D37

monochromatic

#16051A #3E0D49 #6A177D #9621B1 #BB35DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.34

#6A177D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#6A177D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A177D

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A177D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A177D	1.00	10.34	2.03	10.34
#FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F437B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A2E4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a177d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 23, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.167 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#985fa3',
    500: '#6a177d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a177d;
$custom-light: #985fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a177d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.824,
    "s": 68.919,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39434,
    "c": 0.16749,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A177D

secondary

#54B23E

accent

#EC3C5D

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A177D

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

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