#6C178D#6C178D

#6C178D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.182 H 313.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C178D
RGB	rgb(108, 23, 141)
HSL	hsl(283, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(283, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 83.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.71, 53.14, -46.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.71, 70.63, 318.80°)
OKLab	oklab(40.95% 0.1262 -0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(40.95% 0.182 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.2976, 5.7244, 25.7039)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C178D #388D17

analogous

#31178D #6C178D #8D1773

triadic

#6C178D #8D6C17 #178D6C

tetradic

#6C178D #8D3117 #388D17 #17738D

square

#6C178D #8D3117 #388D17 #17738D

split-complementary

#6C178D #738D17 #178D31

monochromatic

#1B0624 #440E58 #6C178D #9420C2 #B33FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#6C178D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#6C178D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C178D

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C178D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C178D	1.00	9.79	2.14	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#06468B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#693554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c178d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 23, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.182 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b61af',
    500: '#6c178d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c178d;
$custom-light: #9b61af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c178d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.22,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40948,
    "c": 0.18238,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C178D

secondary

#64C040

accent

#EF396C

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0F0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C178D

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

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