#6A179E#6A179E

#6A179E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.197 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A179E
RGB	rgb(106, 23, 158)
HSL	hsl(277, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(277, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 85.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.78, 56.41, -55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.78, 78.96, 315.60°)
OKLab	oklab(42.06% 0.1188 -0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(42.06% 0.197 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.4205, 6.1457, 32.8730)
Luminance	0.0615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A179E #4B9E17

analogous

#26179E #6A179E #9E178E

triadic

#6A179E #9E6A17 #179E6A

tetradic

#6A179E #9E2617 #4B9E17 #178E9E

square

#6A179E #9E2617 #4B9E17 #178E9E

split-complementary

#6A179E #8E9E17 #179E26

monochromatic

#220733 #460F69 #6A179E #8E1FD3 #A94BE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#6A179E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#6A179E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A179E

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A179E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A179E	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#613D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a179e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 23, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.197 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a61bc',
    500: '#6a179e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a179e;
$custom-light: #9a61bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a179e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.889,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42061,
    "c": 0.19715,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A179E

secondary

#7AC64A

accent

#F1377E

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A179E

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

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