#6B178E#6B178E

#6B178E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.183 H 312.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B178E
RGB	rgb(107, 23, 142)
HSL	hsl(282, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(282, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 83.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.62, 53.17, -47.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.62, 71.16, 318.35°)
OKLab	oklab(40.88% 0.1246 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(40.88% 0.183 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.2514, 5.6919, 26.0919)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B178E #3A8E17

analogous

#30178E #6B178E #8E1775

triadic

#6B178E #8E6B17 #178E6B

tetradic

#6B178E #8E3017 #3A8E17 #17758E

square

#6B178E #8E3017 #3A8E17 #17758E

split-complementary

#6B178E #758E17 #178E30

monochromatic

#1C0625 #430E59 #6B178E #9320C3 #B13FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#6B178E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#6B178E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B178E

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B178E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B178E	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00458C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#673654

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b178e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 23, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.183 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a61b0',
    500: '#6b178e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b178e;
$custom-light: #9a61b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b178e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.353,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40881,
    "c": 0.18295,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B178E

secondary

#66C040

accent

#EF396E

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0F0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B178E

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

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