#6A178F#6A178F

#6A178F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.184 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A178F
RGB	rgb(106, 23, 143)
HSL	hsl(282, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(282, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 83.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.54, 53.20, -48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.54, 71.69, 317.91°)
OKLab	oklab(40.82% 0.123 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(40.82% 0.184 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.2073, 5.6605, 26.4835)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6A178F #3C8F17

analogous

#2E178F #6A178F #8F1778

triadic

#6A178F #8F6A17 #178F6A

tetradic

#6A178F #8F2E17 #3C8F17 #17788F

square

#6A178F #8F2E17 #3C8F17 #17788F

split-complementary

#6A178F #788F17 #178F2E

monochromatic

#1C0626 #430F5A #6A178F #911FC4 #AF40E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#6A178F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#6A178F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A178F

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A178F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A178F	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00458D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#653655

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a178f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 23, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.184 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9960b1',
    500: '#6a178f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a178f;
$custom-light: #9960b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a178f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40815,
    "c": 0.18353,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A178F

secondary

#68C141

accent

#EF3971

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A178F

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

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