#6A178C#6A178C

#6A178C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.181 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A178C
RGB	rgb(106, 23, 140)
HSL	hsl(283, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(283, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 83.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.30, 52.58, -46.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.30, 70.24, 318.46°)
OKLab	oklab(40.58% 0.1238 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(40.58% 0.181 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.9830, 5.5708, 25.3026)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A178C #398C17

analogous

#30178C #6A178C #8C1774

triadic

#6A178C #8C6A17 #178C6A

tetradic

#6A178C #8C3017 #398C17 #17748C

square

#6A178C #8C3017 #398C17 #17748C

split-complementary

#6A178C #748C17 #178C30

monochromatic

#1A0623 #420E57 #6A178C #9220C1 #B03EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#6A178C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#6A178C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A178C

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A178C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A178C	1.00	9.93	2.11	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#02448A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#663553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a178c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 23, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.181 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9960ae',
    500: '#6a178c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a178c;
$custom-light: #9960ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a178c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.564,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40576,
    "c": 0.18084,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A178C

secondary

#65BF3F

accent

#EF396E

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A178C

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

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