#6B179E#6B179E

#6B179E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.197 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B179E
RGB	rgb(107, 23, 158)
HSL	hsl(277, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(277, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 85.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.93, 56.57, -54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.93, 78.89, 315.81°)
OKLab	oklab(42.2% 0.1202 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(42.2% 0.197 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.5400, 6.2074, 32.8787)
Luminance	0.0621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B179E #4A9E17

analogous

#27179E #6B179E #9E178E

triadic

#6B179E #9E6B17 #179E6B

tetradic

#6B179E #9E2717 #4A9E17 #178E9E

square

#6B179E #9E2717 #4A9E17 #178E9E

split-complementary

#6B179E #8E9E17 #179E27

monochromatic

#230733 #470F69 #6B179E #8F1FD3 #AB4BE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#6B179E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#6B179E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B179E

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B179E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B179E	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#623D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b179e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 23, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.197 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b61bc',
    500: '#6b179e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b179e;
$custom-light: #9b61bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b179e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.333,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42198,
    "c": 0.19739,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B179E

secondary

#79C64A

accent

#F1377D

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B179E

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

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