#6C179F#6C179F

#6C179F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.199 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C179F
RGB	rgb(108, 23, 159)
HSL	hsl(278, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(278, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 85.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.17, 56.94, -55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.17, 79.30, 315.89°)
OKLab	oklab(42.42% 0.1214 -0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(42.42% 0.199 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.7474, 6.3043, 33.3395)
Luminance	0.0630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C179F #4A9F17

analogous

#28179F #6C179F #9F178E

triadic

#6C179F #9F6C17 #179F6C

tetradic

#6C179F #9F2817 #4A9F17 #178E9F

square

#6C179F #9F2817 #4A9F17 #178E9F

split-complementary

#6C179F #8E9F17 #179F28

monochromatic

#230834 #480F6A #6C179F #901FD4 #AB4BE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.29

#6C179F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#6C179F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C179F

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C179F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C179F	1.00	9.29	2.26	9.29
#FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#633D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c179f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 23, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.199 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c62bc',
    500: '#6c179f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c179f;
$custom-light: #9c62bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c179f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4242,
    "c": 0.19854,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C179F

secondary

#79C74B

accent

#F1367D

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF7

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C179F

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

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