#6D178C#6D178C

#6D178C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.182 H 314.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D178C
RGB	rgb(109, 23, 140)
HSL	hsl(284, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(284, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 83.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.79, 53.12, -45.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.79, 70.11, 319.26°)
OKLab	oklab(41.02% 0.1278 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(41.02% 0.182 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.3459, 5.7579, 25.3196)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D178C #368C17

analogous

#33178C #6D178C #8C1770

triadic

#6D178C #8C6D17 #178C6D

tetradic

#6D178C #8C3317 #368C17 #17708C

square

#6D178C #8C3317 #368C17 #17708C

split-complementary

#6D178C #708C17 #178C33

monochromatic

#1B0623 #440E57 #6D178C #9620C1 #B53EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#6D178C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#6D178C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D178C

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D178C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D178C	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C468A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A3453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d178c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 23, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.182 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b61ae',
    500: '#6d178c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d178c;
$custom-light: #9b61ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d178c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.103,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41017,
    "c": 0.18183,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D178C

secondary

#61BF3F

accent

#EF3969

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0F0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D178C

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