#6C179D#6C179D

#6C179D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.197 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C179D
RGB	rgb(108, 23, 157)
HSL	hsl(278, 74%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(278, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 85.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.00, 56.51, -54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.00, 78.34, 316.16°)
OKLab	oklab(42.25% 0.122 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(42.25% 0.197 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.5753, 6.2355, 32.4329)
Luminance	0.0624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C179D #489D17

analogous

#29179D #6C179D #9D178B

triadic

#6C179D #9D6C17 #179D6C

tetradic

#6C179D #9D2917 #489D17 #178B9D

square

#6C179D #9D2917 #489D17 #178B9D

split-complementary

#6C179D #8B9D17 #179D29

monochromatic

#230732 #470F68 #6C179D #911FD2 #AC4AE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#6C179D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#6C179D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C179D

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C179D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C179D	1.00	9.35	2.25	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#643D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c179d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 23, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.197 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c62bb',
    500: '#6c179d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c179d;
$custom-light: #9c62bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c179d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.06,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42251,
    "c": 0.19673,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C179D

secondary

#77C64A

accent

#F1377B

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C179D

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

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