#6C17A1#6C17A1

#6C17A1 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.200 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C17A1
RGB	rgb(108, 23, 161)
HSL	hsl(277, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(277, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 85.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.34, 57.37, -56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.34, 80.27, 315.62°)
OKLab	oklab(42.59% 0.1207 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(42.59% 0.2 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.9224, 6.3743, 34.2609)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C17A1 #4CA117

analogous

#2717A1 #6C17A1 #A11791

triadic

#6C17A1 #A16C17 #17A16C

tetradic

#6C17A1 #A12717 #4CA117 #1791A1

square

#6C17A1 #A12717 #4CA117 #1791A1

split-complementary

#6C17A1 #91A117 #17A127

monochromatic

#240836 #480F6B #6C17A1 #901FD7 #AB4DE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#6C17A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#6C17A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C17A1

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C17A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C17A1	1.00	9.23	2.27	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#633E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c17a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 23, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.200 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c62be',
    500: '#6c17a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c17a1;
$custom-light: #9c62be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c17a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.957,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4259,
    "c": 0.20035,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C17A1

secondary

#7CC74C

accent

#F2367E

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF7

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C17A1

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

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