#6A178A#6A178A

#6A178A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.179 H 313.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A178A
RGB	rgb(106, 23, 138)
HSL	hsl(283, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(283, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 83.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.15, 52.16, -45.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.15, 69.27, 318.85°)
OKLab	oklab(40.42% 0.1242 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(40.42% 0.179 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8369, 5.5123, 24.5330)
Luminance	0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A178A #378A17

analogous

#30178A #6A178A #8A1771

triadic

#6A178A #8A6A17 #178A6A

tetradic

#6A178A #8A3017 #378A17 #17718A

square

#6A178A #8A3017 #378A17 #17718A

split-complementary

#6A178A #718A17 #178A30

monochromatic

#190621 #420E56 #6A178A #9220BE #B23DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.99

#6A178A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#6A178A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A178A

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A178A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A178A	1.00	9.99	2.10	9.99
#FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#084488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#673452

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a178a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 23, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.179 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9960ad',
    500: '#6a178a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a178a;
$custom-light: #9960ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a178a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.304,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40419,
    "c": 0.17904,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A178A

secondary

#62BE3F

accent

#EE3A6C

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A178A

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

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