#6B179D#6B179D

#6B179D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.196 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B179D
RGB	rgb(107, 23, 157)
HSL	hsl(278, 74%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(278, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 85.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.84, 56.35, -54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.84, 78.41, 315.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42.11% 0.1205 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(42.11% 0.196 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.4543, 6.1731, 32.4272)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B179D #499D17

analogous

#28179D #6B179D #9D178C

triadic

#6B179D #9D6B17 #179D6B

tetradic

#6B179D #9D2817 #499D17 #178C9D

square

#6B179D #9D2817 #499D17 #178C9D

split-complementary

#6B179D #8C9D17 #179D28

monochromatic

#220732 #470F68 #6B179D #8F1FD2 #AB4AE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#6B179D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#6B179D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B179D

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B179D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B179D	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#633D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b179d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 23, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.196 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b61bb',
    500: '#6b179d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b179d;
$custom-light: #9b61bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b179d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.612,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42113,
    "c": 0.19648,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B179D

secondary

#78C64A

accent

#F1377C

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B179D

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

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