#6C159D#6C159D

#6C159D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.198 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C159D
RGB	rgb(108, 21, 157)
HSL	hsl(278, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(278, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 86.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.81, 57.06, -54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.81, 78.95, 316.28°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% 0.1232 -0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.198 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.5370, 6.1590, 32.4201)
Luminance	0.0616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C159D #469D15

analogous

#28159D #6C159D #9D158A

triadic

#6C159D #9D6C15 #159D6C

tetradic

#6C159D #9D2815 #469D15 #158A9D

square

#6C159D #9D2815 #469D15 #158A9D

split-complementary

#6C159D #8A9D15 #159D28

monochromatic

#220731 #470E67 #6C159D #911CD3 #AD46E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#6C159D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#6C159D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C159D

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C159D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C159D	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#643C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c159d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 21, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.198 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c61bb',
    500: '#6c159d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c159d;
$custom-light: #9c61bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c159d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.382,
    "s": 76.404,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4212,
    "c": 0.19821,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C159D

secondary

#75C747

accent

#F33579

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C159D

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

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