#6C157E#6C157E

#6C157E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.171 H 319.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C157E
RGB	rgb(108, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(290, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(290, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.38, 50.74, -39.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.38, 64.17, 322.26°)
OKLab	oklab(39.67% 0.1306 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(39.67% 0.171 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.2179, 5.2314, 20.2062)
Luminance	0.0523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C157E #277E15

analogous

#38157E #6C157E #7E155C

triadic

#6C157E #7E6C15 #157E6C

tetradic

#6C157E #7E3815 #277E15 #155C7E

square

#6C157E #7E3815 #277E15 #155C7E

split-complementary

#6C157E #5C7E15 #157E38

monochromatic

#16041A #3F0C4A #6C157E #991EB2 #BF31DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.26

#6C157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#6C157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C157E

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C157E	1.00	10.26	2.05	10.26
#FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F437C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C2D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.171 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a5fa4',
    500: '#6c157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c157e;
$custom-light: #9a5fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.714,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39668,
    "c": 0.17102,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C157E

secondary

#50B33C

accent

#EE3A59

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C157E

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

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