#6B179F#6B179F

#6B179F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.198 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B179F
RGB	rgb(107, 23, 159)
HSL	hsl(277, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(277, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 85.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.02, 56.78, -55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.02, 79.37, 315.68°)
OKLab	oklab(42.28% 0.1199 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(42.28% 0.198 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.6265, 6.2420, 33.3338)
Luminance	0.0624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B179F #4B9F17

analogous

#27179F #6B179F #9F178F

triadic

#6B179F #9F6B17 #179F6B

tetradic

#6B179F #9F2717 #4B9F17 #178F9F

square

#6B179F #9F2717 #4B9F17 #178F9F

split-complementary

#6B179F #8F9F17 #179F27

monochromatic

#230834 #470F6A #6B179F #8F1FD4 #AA4BE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#6B179F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#6B179F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B179F

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B179F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B179F	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#623E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b179f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 23, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.198 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b62bc',
    500: '#6b179f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b179f;
$custom-light: #9b62bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b179f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.059,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42283,
    "c": 0.1983,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B179F

secondary

#7AC74B

accent

#F1367E

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF7

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B179F

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

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