#6C178F#6C178F

#6C178F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.184 H 313.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C178F
RGB	rgb(108, 23, 143)
HSL	hsl(283, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(283, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 83.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.86, 53.55, -47.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.86, 71.59, 318.42°)
OKLab	oklab(41.11% 0.1258 -0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(41.11% 0.184 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.4478, 5.7845, 26.4948)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C178F #3A8F17

analogous

#30178F #6C178F #8F1776

triadic

#6C178F #8F6C17 #178F6C

tetradic

#6C178F #8F3017 #3A8F17 #17768F

square

#6C178F #8F3017 #3A8F17 #17768F

split-complementary

#6C178F #768F17 #178F30

monochromatic

#1C0626 #440F5A #6C178F #941FC4 #B240E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#6C178F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#6C178F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C178F

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C178F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C178F	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00468D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#683655

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c178f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 23, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.184 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b61b1',
    500: '#6c178f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c178f;
$custom-light: #9b61b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c178f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41106,
    "c": 0.18417,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C178F

secondary

#66C141

accent

#EF396E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C178F

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

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