#6B17A0#6B17A0

#6B17A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.199 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B17A0
RGB	rgb(107, 23, 160)
HSL	hsl(277, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(277, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 85.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.10, 57.00, -55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.10, 79.86, 315.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.37% 0.1196 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(42.37% 0.199 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.7136, 6.2768, 33.7927)
Luminance	0.0628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B17A0 #4CA017

analogous

#2617A0 #6B17A0 #A01790

triadic

#6B17A0 #A06B17 #17A06B

tetradic

#6B17A0 #A02617 #4CA017 #1790A0

square

#6B17A0 #A02617 #4CA017 #1790A0

split-complementary

#6B17A0 #90A017 #17A026

monochromatic

#230835 #470F6A #6B17A0 #8F1FD6 #AA4CE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.31

#6B17A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#6B17A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B17A0

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B17A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B17A0	1.00	9.31	2.26	9.31
#FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#623E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b17a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 23, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.199 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b62bd',
    500: '#6b17a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b17a0;
$custom-light: #9b62bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b17a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.788,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42368,
    "c": 0.19921,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B17A0

secondary

#7BC74C

accent

#F1367F

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF7

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B17A0

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

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