#6B16A0#6B16A0

#6B16A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.200 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B16A0
RGB	rgb(107, 22, 160)
HSL	hsl(277, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(277, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 86.3%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.00, 57.28, -56.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.00, 80.17, 315.61°)
OKLab	oklab(42.3% 0.1202 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(42.3% 0.2 307)
XYZ	xyz(12.6941, 6.2378, 33.7862)
Luminance	0.0624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B16A0 #4BA016

analogous

#2616A0 #6B16A0 #A01690

triadic

#6B16A0 #A06B16 #16A06B

tetradic

#6B16A0 #A02616 #4BA016 #1690A0

square

#6B16A0 #A02616 #4BA016 #1690A0

split-complementary

#6B16A0 #90A016 #16A026

monochromatic

#230734 #470F6A #6B16A0 #8F1DD6 #AA4AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#6B16A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#6B16A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B16A0

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B16A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B16A0	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#623E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b16a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 22, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.200 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b61bd',
    500: '#6b16a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b16a0;
$custom-light: #9b61bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b16a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.957,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42302,
    "c": 0.19994,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.06238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B16A0

secondary

#7AC84A

accent

#F2357E

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF7

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B16A0

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

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