#6C17A0#6C17A0

#6C17A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.199 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C17A0
RGB	rgb(108, 23, 160)
HSL	hsl(277, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(277, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 85.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.25, 57.15, -55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.25, 79.79, 315.75°)
OKLab	oklab(42.51% 0.121 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(42.51% 0.199 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.8345, 6.3392, 33.7983)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C17A0 #4BA017

analogous

#2717A0 #6C17A0 #A0178F

triadic

#6C17A0 #A06C17 #17A06C

tetradic

#6C17A0 #A02717 #4BA017 #178FA0

square

#6C17A0 #A02717 #4BA017 #178FA0

split-complementary

#6C17A0 #8FA017 #17A027

monochromatic

#240835 #480F6A #6C17A0 #901FD6 #AB4CE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#6C17A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#6C17A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C17A0

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C17A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C17A0	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#633E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c17a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 23, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.199 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c62bd',
    500: '#6c17a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c17a0;
$custom-light: #9c62bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c17a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.226,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42505,
    "c": 0.19945,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C17A0

secondary

#7BC74C

accent

#F1367D

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF7

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C17A0

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

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