#6A179F#6A179F

#6A179F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.198 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A179F
RGB	rgb(106, 23, 159)
HSL	hsl(277, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(277, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 85.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.86, 56.63, -55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.86, 79.44, 315.47°)
OKLab	oklab(42.15% 0.1185 -0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(42.15% 0.198 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.5069, 6.1803, 33.3282)
Luminance	0.0618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A179F #4C9F17

analogous

#26179F #6A179F #9F1790

triadic

#6A179F #9F6A17 #179F6A

tetradic

#6A179F #9F2617 #4C9F17 #17909F

square

#6A179F #9F2617 #4C9F17 #17909F

split-complementary

#6A179F #909F17 #179F26

monochromatic

#230834 #460F6A #6A179F #8E1FD4 #A94BE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#6A179F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#6A179F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A179F

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A179F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A179F	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#613E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a179f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 23, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.198 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a61bc',
    500: '#6a179f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a179f;
$custom-light: #9a61bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a179f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.618,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42147,
    "c": 0.19806,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A179F

secondary

#7BC74B

accent

#F1367F

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF7

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A179F

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

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