#6C159E#6C159E

#6C159E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.199 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C159E
RGB	rgb(108, 21, 158)
HSL	hsl(278, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(278, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 86.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.89, 57.28, -55.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.89, 79.43, 316.14°)
OKLab	oklab(42.21% 0.1229 -0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(42.21% 0.199 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.6228, 6.1933, 32.8716)
Luminance	0.0619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C159E #479E15

analogous

#27159E #6C159E #9E158C

triadic

#6C159E #9E6C15 #159E6C

tetradic

#6C159E #9E2715 #479E15 #158C9E

square

#6C159E #9E2715 #479E15 #158C9E

split-complementary

#6C159E #8C9E15 #159E27

monochromatic

#220732 #470E68 #6C159E #911CD4 #AC47E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#6C159E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#6C159E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C159E

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C159E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C159E	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#643C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c159e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 21, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.199 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c61bc',
    500: '#6c159e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c159e;
$custom-light: #9c61bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c159e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.102,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42205,
    "c": 0.19911,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C159E

secondary

#76C747

accent

#F3357A

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C159E

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

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