#6C178C#6C178C

#6C178C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.181 H 314.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C178C
RGB	rgb(108, 23, 140)
HSL	hsl(284, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(284, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 83.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.63, 52.93, -46.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.63, 70.15, 318.99°)
OKLab	oklab(40.87% 0.1264 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(40.87% 0.181 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.2235, 5.6948, 25.3138)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C178C #378C17

analogous

#32178C #6C178C #8C1772

triadic

#6C178C #8C6C17 #178C6C

tetradic

#6C178C #8C3217 #378C17 #17728C

square

#6C178C #8C3217 #378C17 #17728C

split-complementary

#6C178C #728C17 #178C32

monochromatic

#1B0623 #430E57 #6C178C #9520C1 #B33EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#6C178C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#6C178C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C178C

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C178C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C178C	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#09458A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#693453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c178c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 23, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.181 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a61ae',
    500: '#6c178c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c178c;
$custom-light: #9a61ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c178c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.59,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4087,
    "c": 0.18149,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C178C

secondary

#62BF3F

accent

#EF396B

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0F0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C178C

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

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