#6B159E#6B159E

#6B159E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.199 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B159E
RGB	rgb(107, 21, 158)
HSL	hsl(278, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(278, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 86.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.74, 57.12, -55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.74, 79.51, 315.93°)
OKLab	oklab(42.07% 0.1215 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(42.07% 0.199 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.5018, 6.1309, 32.8659)
Luminance	0.0613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B159E #489E15

analogous

#26159E #6B159E #9E158D

triadic

#6B159E #9E6B15 #159E6B

tetradic

#6B159E #9E2615 #489E15 #158D9E

square

#6B159E #9E2615 #489E15 #158D9E

split-complementary

#6B159E #8D9E15 #159E26

monochromatic

#220732 #460E68 #6B159E #901CD4 #AB47E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.43

#6B159E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#6B159E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B159E

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B159E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B159E	1.00	9.43	2.23	9.43
#FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#623C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b159e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 21, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.199 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b61bc',
    500: '#6b159e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b159e;
$custom-light: #9b61bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b159e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.664,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42067,
    "c": 0.19886,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B159E

secondary

#77C747

accent

#F3357C

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B159E

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

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