#6C169D#6C169D

#6C169D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.197 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C169D
RGB	rgb(108, 22, 157)
HSL	hsl(278, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(278, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 86%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.90, 56.79, -54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.90, 78.65, 316.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.18% 0.1226 -0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(42.18% 0.197 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.5558, 6.1965, 32.4264)
Luminance	0.0620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C169D #479D16

analogous

#28169D #6C169D #9D168B

triadic

#6C169D #9D6C16 #169D6C

tetradic

#6C169D #9D2816 #479D16 #168B9D

square

#6C169D #9D2816 #479D16 #168B9D

split-complementary

#6C169D #8B9D16 #169D28

monochromatic

#220732 #470E67 #6C169D #911ED3 #AC48E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#6C169D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#6C169D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C169D

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C169D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C169D	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)

#0043A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#643C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c169d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 22, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.197 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c61bb',
    500: '#6c169d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c169d;
$custom-light: #9c61bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c169d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.222,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42184,
    "c": 0.19749,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C169D

secondary

#76C748

accent

#F2367A

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C169D

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

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