#6A177E#6A177E

#6A177E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.168 H 318.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A177E
RGB	rgb(106, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(288, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(288, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.25, 49.73, -39.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.25, 63.52, 321.54°)
OKLab	oklab(39.51% 0.1265 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(39.51% 0.168 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.0156, 5.1838, 20.2076)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A177E #2B7E17

analogous

#37177E #6A177E #7E175F

triadic

#6A177E #7E6A17 #177E6A

tetradic

#6A177E #7E3717 #2B7E17 #175F7E

square

#6A177E #7E3717 #2B7E17 #175F7E

split-complementary

#6A177E #5F7E17 #177E37

monochromatic

#16051A #3E0E4A #6A177E #9620B2 #BA35DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#6A177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#6A177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A177E

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A177E	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E437C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A2E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.168 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#985fa4',
    500: '#6a177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a177e;
$custom-light: #985fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.35,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39507,
    "c": 0.16837,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A177E

secondary

#55B33E

accent

#EC3C5E

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A177E

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

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