#6B1172#6B1172

#6B1172 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.164 H 324.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B1172
RGB	rgb(107, 17, 114)
HSL	hsl(296, 74%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(296, 85%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 85.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.99, 49.43, -33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.99, 59.93, 325.56°)
OKLab	oklab(38.38% 0.134 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(38.38% 0.164 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.3009, 4.7422, 16.3418)
Luminance	0.0474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.15

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B1172 #187211

analogous

#3A1172 #6B1172 #721148

triadic

#6B1172 #726B11 #11726B

tetradic

#6B1172 #723A11 #187211 #114872

square

#6B1172 #723A11 #187211 #114872

split-complementary

#6B1172 #487211 #11723A

monochromatic

#19041B #39093D #6B1172 #9D19A7 #CF21DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.78

#6B1172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#6B1172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B1172

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B1172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B1172	1.00	10.78	1.95	10.78
#FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003774

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#274170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D2543

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b1172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 17, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.164 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#995d9b',
    500: '#6b1172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b1172;
$custom-light: #995d9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b1172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.67,
    "s": 74.046,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38384,
    "c": 0.16404,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B1172

secondary

#3EA936

accent

#F13745

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F2E9F2

border

#CCC5CC

text

#0E050E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B1172

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

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