#6C157D#6C157D

#6C157D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.170 H 320.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C157D
RGB	rgb(108, 21, 125)
HSL	hsl(290, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(290, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 83.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.31, 50.55, -38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.31, 63.70, 322.52°)
OKLab	oklab(39.6% 0.1308 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(39.6% 0.17 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.1537, 5.2057, 19.8680)
Luminance	0.0520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C157D #267D15

analogous

#38157D #6C157D #7D155A

triadic

#6C157D #7D6C15 #157D6C

tetradic

#6C157D #7D3815 #267D15 #155A7D

square

#6C157D #7D3815 #267D15 #155A7D

split-complementary

#6C157D #5A7D15 #157D38

monochromatic

#17041A #3F0C49 #6C157D #991EB1 #C030DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.29

#6C157D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#6C157D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C157D

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C157D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C157D	1.00	10.29	2.04	10.29
#FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#20437B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C2C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c157d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 21, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.170 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a5fa3',
    500: '#6c157d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c157d;
$custom-light: #9a5fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c157d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.192,
    "s": 71.233,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39595,
    "c": 0.17016,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C157D

secondary

#4FB23C

accent

#EE3A57

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C157D

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

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