#6C157F#6C157F

#6C157F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.172 H 319.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C157F
RGB	rgb(108, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(289, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(289, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 83.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.46, 50.94, -39.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.46, 64.64, 322.00°)
OKLab	oklab(39.74% 0.1305 -0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(39.74% 0.172 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.2828, 5.2573, 20.5477)
Luminance	0.0526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C157F #287F15

analogous

#37157F #6C157F #7F155D

triadic

#6C157F #7F6C15 #157F6C

tetradic

#6C157F #7F3715 #287F15 #155D7F

square

#6C157F #7F3715 #287F15 #155D7F

split-complementary

#6C157F #5D7F15 #157F37

monochromatic

#16041A #3F0C4A #6C157F #991EB4 #BE31DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.24

#6C157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#6C157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C157F

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C157F	1.00	10.24	2.05	10.24
#FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E447D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C2D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.172 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a5fa5',
    500: '#6c157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c157f;
$custom-light: #9a5fa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.245,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39741,
    "c": 0.17188,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C157F

secondary

#51B43C

accent

#EE395A

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C157F

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

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