#6C177E#6C177E

#6C177E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.169 H 319.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C177E
RGB	rgb(108, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(290, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(290, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.59, 50.14, -38.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.59, 63.48, 322.16°)
OKLab	oklab(39.82% 0.129 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(39.82% 0.169 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.2562, 5.3078, 20.2189)
Luminance	0.0531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C177E #297E17

analogous

#39177E #6C177E #7E175D

triadic

#6C177E #7E6C17 #177E6C

tetradic

#6C177E #7E3917 #297E17 #175D7E

square

#6C177E #7E3917 #297E17 #175D7E

split-complementary

#6C177E #5D7E17 #177E39

monochromatic

#16051A #400E4A #6C177E #9820B2 #BD35DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.19

#6C177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#6C177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C177E

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C177E	1.00	10.19	2.06	10.19
#FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21447C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C2E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.169 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a60a4',
    500: '#6c177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c177e;
$custom-light: #9a60a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.515,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39816,
    "c": 0.16916,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C177E

secondary

#53B33E

accent

#EC3C5B

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E050F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C177E

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

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