#6B157F#6B157F

#6B157F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.171 H 318.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B157F
RGB	rgb(107, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(289, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(289, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 83.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.28, 50.74, -40.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.28, 64.66, 321.70°)
OKLab	oklab(39.59% 0.1292 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(39.59% 0.171 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.1618, 5.1949, 20.5420)
Luminance	0.0519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B157F #297F15

analogous

#36157F #6B157F #7F155E

triadic

#6B157F #7F6B15 #157F6B

tetradic

#6B157F #7F3615 #297F15 #155E7F

square

#6B157F #7F3615 #297F15 #155E7F

split-complementary

#6B157F #5E7F15 #157F36

monochromatic

#16041A #3F0C4A #6B157F #971EB4 #BD31DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.30

#6B157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#6B157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B157F

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B157F	1.00	10.30	2.04	10.30
#FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D437D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B2D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.171 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#995fa5',
    500: '#6b157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b157f;
$custom-light: #995fa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.679,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39586,
    "c": 0.17149,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B157F

secondary

#52B43C

accent

#EE395C

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B157F

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

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