#6B178D#6B178D

#6B178D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.182 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B178D
RGB	rgb(107, 23, 141)
HSL	hsl(283, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(283, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 83.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.54, 52.96, -46.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.54, 70.68, 318.54°)
OKLab	oklab(40.8% 0.1249 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(40.8% 0.182 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.1767, 5.6620, 25.6983)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B178D #398D17

analogous

#30178D #6B178D #8D1774

triadic

#6B178D #8D6B17 #178D6B

tetradic

#6B178D #8D3017 #398D17 #17748D

square

#6B178D #8D3017 #398D17 #17748D

split-complementary

#6B178D #748D17 #178D30

monochromatic

#1B0624 #430E58 #6B178D #9320C2 #B13FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#6B178D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#6B178D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B178D

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B178D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B178D	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#02458B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#673553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b178d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 23, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.182 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a60af',
    500: '#6b178d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b178d;
$custom-light: #9a60af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b178d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.712,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40801,
    "c": 0.18205,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B178D

secondary

#65C040

accent

#EF396D

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0E0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B178D

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

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