#6C16A1#6C16A1

#6C16A1 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.201 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C16A1
RGB	rgb(108, 22, 161)
HSL	hsl(277, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(277, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 86.3%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.24, 57.65, -56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.24, 80.58, 315.68°)
OKLab	oklab(42.53% 0.1214 -0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(42.53% 0.201 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.9029, 6.3353, 34.2544)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C16A1 #4BA116

analogous

#2616A1 #6C16A1 #A11690

triadic

#6C16A1 #A16C16 #16A16C

tetradic

#6C16A1 #A12616 #4BA116 #1690A1

square

#6C16A1 #A12616 #4BA116 #1690A1

split-complementary

#6C16A1 #90A116 #16A126

monochromatic

#240735 #480F6B #6C16A1 #901DD7 #AB4BE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#6C16A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#6C16A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C16A1

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C16A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C16A1	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#633E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c16a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 22, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.201 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c61be',
    500: '#6c16a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c16a1;
$custom-light: #9c61be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c16a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.122,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42525,
    "c": 0.20108,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C16A1

secondary

#7BC84B

accent

#F3357D

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF7

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C16A1

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

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