#6B169D#6B169D

#6B169D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.197 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B169D
RGB	rgb(107, 22, 157)
HSL	hsl(278, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(278, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 86%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.75, 56.64, -54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.75, 78.72, 316.01°)
OKLab	oklab(42.05% 0.1212 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(42.05% 0.197 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.4348, 6.1341, 32.4207)
Luminance	0.0613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B169D #489D16

analogous

#28169D #6B169D #9D168B

triadic

#6B169D #9D6B16 #169D6B

tetradic

#6B169D #9D2816 #489D16 #168B9D

square

#6B169D #9D2816 #489D16 #168B9D

split-complementary

#6B169D #8B9D16 #169D28

monochromatic

#220732 #460E67 #6B169D #901ED3 #AB48E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.43

#6B169D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#6B169D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B169D

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B169D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B169D	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)

#0043A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#633C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b169d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 22, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.197 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b61bb',
    500: '#6b169d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b169d;
$custom-light: #9b61bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b169d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.778,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42046,
    "c": 0.19723,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B169D

secondary

#77C748

accent

#F2367B

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B169D

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

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