#6B157D#6B157D

#6B157D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.170 H 319.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B157D
RGB	rgb(107, 21, 125)
HSL	hsl(290, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(290, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 83.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.14, 50.36, -39.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.14, 63.72, 322.21°)
OKLab	oklab(39.44% 0.1295 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(39.44% 0.17 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.0328, 5.1433, 19.8624)
Luminance	0.0514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B157D #277D15

analogous

#37157D #6B157D #7D155B

triadic

#6B157D #7D6B15 #157D6B

tetradic

#6B157D #7D3715 #277D15 #155B7D

square

#6B157D #7D3715 #277D15 #155B7D

split-complementary

#6B157D #5B7D15 #157D37

monochromatic

#16041A #3E0C49 #6B157D #981EB1 #BE30DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.35

#6B157D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#6B157D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B157D

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B157D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B157D	1.00	10.35	2.03	10.35
#FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F437B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B2D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b157d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 21, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.170 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#995fa3',
    500: '#6b157d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b157d;
$custom-light: #995fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b157d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.615,
    "s": 71.233,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39439,
    "c": 0.16976,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B157D

secondary

#50B23C

accent

#EE3A59

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B157D

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

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