#6A179D#6A179D

#6A179D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.196 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A179D
RGB	rgb(106, 23, 157)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(277, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 85.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.69, 56.20, -54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.69, 78.47, 315.73°)
OKLab	oklab(41.98% 0.1191 -0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(41.98% 0.196 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.3347, 6.1115, 32.4216)
Luminance	0.0611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A179D #4A9D17

analogous

#27179D #6A179D #9D178D

triadic

#6A179D #9D6A17 #179D6A

tetradic

#6A179D #9D2717 #4A9D17 #178D9D

square

#6A179D #9D2717 #4A9D17 #178D9D

split-complementary

#6A179D #8D9D17 #179D27

monochromatic

#220732 #460F68 #6A179D #8E1FD2 #AA4AE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.45

#6A179D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#6A179D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A179D

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A179D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A179D	1.00	9.45	2.22	9.45
#FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00469A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#613D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a179d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 23, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.196 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a61bb',
    500: '#6a179d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a179d;
$custom-light: #9a61bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a179d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.164,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41975,
    "c": 0.19623,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A179D

secondary

#79C64A

accent

#F1377E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A179D

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

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