#6B178F#6B178F

#6B178F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.184 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B178F
RGB	rgb(107, 23, 143)
HSL	hsl(282, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(282, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 83.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.70, 53.38, -47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.70, 71.64, 318.17°)
OKLab	oklab(40.96% 0.1244 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(40.96% 0.184 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.3268, 5.7221, 26.4891)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B178F #3B8F17

analogous

#2F178F #6B178F #8F1777

triadic

#6B178F #8F6B17 #178F6B

tetradic

#6B178F #8F2F17 #3B8F17 #17778F

square

#6B178F #8F2F17 #3B8F17 #17778F

split-complementary

#6B178F #778F17 #178F2F

monochromatic

#1C0626 #440F5A #6B178F #921FC4 #B040E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#6B178F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#6B178F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B178F

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B178F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B178F	1.00	9.79	2.14	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00458D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#673655

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b178f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 23, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.184 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a61b1',
    500: '#6b178f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b178f;
$custom-light: #9a61b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b178f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4096,
    "c": 0.18385,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B178F

secondary

#67C141

accent

#EF396F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B178F

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

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