#6A178E#6A178E

#6A178E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.183 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A178E
RGB	rgb(106, 23, 142)
HSL	hsl(282, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(282, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 83.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.46, 52.99, -47.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.46, 71.21, 318.09°)
OKLab	oklab(40.74% 0.1233 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(40.74% 0.183 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.1318, 5.6303, 26.0863)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A178E #3B8E17

analogous

#2F178E #6A178E #8E1776

triadic

#6A178E #8E6A17 #178E6A

tetradic

#6A178E #8E2F17 #3B8E17 #17768E

square

#6A178E #8E2F17 #3B8E17 #17768E

split-complementary

#6A178E #768E17 #178E2F

monochromatic

#1B0625 #430E59 #6A178E #9120C3 #AF3FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#6A178E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#6A178E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A178E

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A178E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A178E	1.00	9.88	2.13	9.88
#FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00458C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#663654

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a178e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 23, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.183 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9960b0',
    500: '#6a178e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a178e;
$custom-light: #9960b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a178e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.849,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40735,
    "c": 0.18264,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A178E

secondary

#67C040

accent

#EF3970

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0E0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A178E

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

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