#6A17A0#6A17A0

#6A17A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.199 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A17A0
RGB	rgb(106, 23, 160)
HSL	hsl(276, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(276, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 85.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.95, 56.85, -56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.95, 79.92, 315.34°)
OKLab	oklab(42.23% 0.1182 -0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(42.23% 0.199 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.5940, 6.2152, 33.7871)
Luminance	0.0621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A17A0 #4DA017

analogous

#2517A0 #6A17A0 #A01791

triadic

#6A17A0 #A06A17 #17A06A

tetradic

#6A17A0 #A02517 #4DA017 #1791A0

square

#6A17A0 #A02517 #4DA017 #1791A0

split-complementary

#6A17A0 #91A017 #17A025

monochromatic

#230835 #470F6A #6A17A0 #8D1FD6 #A94CE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.36

#6A17A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#6A17A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A17A0

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A17A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A17A0	1.00	9.36	2.24	9.36
#FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#603E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a17a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 23, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.199 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b61bd',
    500: '#6a17a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a17a0;
$custom-light: #9b61bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a17a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.35,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42233,
    "c": 0.19897,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A17A0

secondary

#7CC74C

accent

#F13680

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF7

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A17A0

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

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