#6A178D#6A178D

#6A178D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.182 H 312.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A178D
RGB	rgb(106, 23, 141)
HSL	hsl(282, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(282, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 83.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.38, 52.79, -47.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.38, 70.72, 318.28°)
OKLab	oklab(40.66% 0.1235 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(40.66% 0.182 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.0571, 5.6004, 25.6927)
Luminance	0.0560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A178D #3A8D17

analogous

#2F178D #6A178D #8D1775

triadic

#6A178D #8D6A17 #178D6A

tetradic

#6A178D #8D2F17 #3A8D17 #17758D

square

#6A178D #8D2F17 #3A8D17 #17758D

split-complementary

#6A178D #758D17 #178D2F

monochromatic

#1B0624 #420E58 #6A178D #9220C2 #B03FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#6A178D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#6A178D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A178D

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A178D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A178D	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00458B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#663553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a178d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 23, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.182 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9960af',
    500: '#6a178d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a178d;
$custom-light: #9960af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a178d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.203,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40656,
    "c": 0.18174,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A178D

secondary

#66C040

accent

#EF396F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0E0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A178D

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

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