#6B159D#6B159D

#6B159D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.198 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B159D
RGB	rgb(107, 21, 157)
HSL	hsl(278, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(278, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 86.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.65, 56.91, -54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.65, 79.03, 316.07°)
OKLab	oklab(41.98% 0.1218 -0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(41.98% 0.198 308)
XYZ	xyz(12.4161, 6.0966, 32.4144)
Luminance	0.0610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B159D #479D15

analogous

#27159D #6B159D #9D158B

triadic

#6B159D #9D6B15 #159D6B

tetradic

#6B159D #9D2715 #479D15 #158B9D

square

#6B159D #9D2715 #479D15 #158B9D

split-complementary

#6B159D #8B9D15 #159D27

monochromatic

#210731 #460E67 #6B159D #901CD3 #AB46E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.46

#6B159D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#6B159D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B159D

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B159D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B159D	1.00	9.46	2.22	9.46
#FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#633C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b159d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 21, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.198 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b61bb',
    500: '#6b159d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b159d;
$custom-light: #9b61bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b159d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.941,
    "s": 76.404,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41981,
    "c": 0.19796,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.06096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B159D

secondary

#76C747

accent

#F3357B

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B159D

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

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