#6B157B#6B157B

#6B157B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.168 H 320.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B157B
RGB	rgb(107, 21, 123)
HSL	hsl(291, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(291, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 82.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.00, 49.97, -38.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.00, 62.78, 322.74°)
OKLab	oklab(39.29% 0.1298 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(39.29% 0.168 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.9063, 5.0927, 19.1963)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B157B #257B15

analogous

#38157B #6B157B #7B1558

triadic

#6B157B #7B6B15 #157B6B

tetradic

#6B157B #7B3815 #257B15 #15587B

square

#6B157B #7B3815 #257B15 #15587B

split-complementary

#6B157B #587B15 #157B38

monochromatic

#17041A #3E0C47 #6B157B #981EAF #C02FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.40

#6B157B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#6B157B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B157B

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B157B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B157B	1.00	10.40	2.02	10.40
#FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#214379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C2C49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b157b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 21, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.168 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#995fa2',
    500: '#6b157b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b157b;
$custom-light: #995fa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b157b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.588,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39294,
    "c": 0.16804,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B157B

secondary

#4EB03B

accent

#EE3A56

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF3

border

#CCC6CD

text

#0E050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B157B

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

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