#6D157F#6D157F

#6D157F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.172 H 319.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D157F
RGB	rgb(109, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(290, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(290, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 83.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.63, 51.13, -39.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.63, 64.62, 322.31°)
OKLab	oklab(39.9% 0.1318 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(39.9% 0.172 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.4051, 5.3204, 20.5534)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D157F #277F15

analogous

#38157F #6D157F #7F155C

triadic

#6D157F #7F6D15 #157F6D

tetradic

#6D157F #7F3815 #277F15 #155C7F

square

#6D157F #7F3815 #277F15 #155C7F

split-complementary

#6D157F #5C7F15 #157F38

monochromatic

#17041A #400C4A #6D157F #9A1EB4 #C031DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.17

#6D157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#6D157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D157F

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D157F	1.00	10.17	2.06	10.17
#FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#20447D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D2D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.172 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b5fa5',
    500: '#6d157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d157f;
$custom-light: #9b5fa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.811,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39897,
    "c": 0.17227,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D157F

secondary

#50B43C

accent

#EE3958

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D157F

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

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