#6B157E#6B157E

#6B157E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.171 H 319.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B157E
RGB	rgb(107, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(289, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(289, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.21, 50.55, -39.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.21, 64.19, 321.95°)
OKLab	oklab(39.51% 0.1294 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(39.51% 0.171 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.0970, 5.1690, 20.2005)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B157E #287E15

analogous

#37157E #6B157E #7E155D

triadic

#6B157E #7E6B15 #157E6B

tetradic

#6B157E #7E3715 #287E15 #155D7E

square

#6B157E #7E3715 #287E15 #155D7E

split-complementary

#6B157E #5D7E15 #157E37

monochromatic

#16041A #3E0C4A #6B157E #981EB2 #BE31DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#6B157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#6B157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B157E

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B157E	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E437C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B2D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.171 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#995fa4',
    500: '#6b157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b157e;
$custom-light: #995fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.143,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39512,
    "c": 0.17063,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B157E

secondary

#51B33C

accent

#EE3A5A

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B157E

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

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