#6C179E#6C179E

#6C179E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.198 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C179E
RGB	rgb(108, 23, 158)
HSL	hsl(278, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(278, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 85.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.08, 56.72, -54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.08, 78.82, 316.02°)
OKLab	oklab(42.34% 0.1217 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(42.34% 0.198 308)
XYZ	xyz(12.6610, 6.2698, 32.8843)
Luminance	0.0627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C179E #499E17

analogous

#29179E #6C179E #9E178C

triadic

#6C179E #9E6C17 #179E6C

tetradic

#6C179E #9E2917 #499E17 #178C9E

square

#6C179E #9E2917 #499E17 #178C9E

split-complementary

#6C179E #8C9E17 #179E29

monochromatic

#230733 #470F69 #6C179E #911FD3 #AC4BE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.32

#6C179E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#6C179E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C179E

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C179E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C179E	1.00	9.32	2.25	9.32
#FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#643D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c179e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 23, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.198 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c62bc',
    500: '#6c179e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c179e;
$custom-light: #9c62bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c179e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.778,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42335,
    "c": 0.19764,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.0627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C179E

secondary

#78C64A

accent

#F1377C

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C179E

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

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