#6D178D#6D178D

#6D178D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.183 H 314.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D178D
RGB	rgb(109, 23, 141)
HSL	hsl(284, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(284, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 83.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.87, 53.32, -46.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.87, 70.59, 319.06°)
OKLab	oklab(41.1% 0.1276 -0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(41.1% 0.183 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.4200, 5.7875, 25.7097)
Luminance	0.0579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D178D #378D17

analogous

#32178D #6D178D #8D1772

triadic

#6D178D #8D6D17 #178D6D

tetradic

#6D178D #8D3217 #378D17 #17728D

square

#6D178D #8D3217 #378D17 #17728D

split-complementary

#6D178D #728D17 #178D32

monochromatic

#1C0624 #440E58 #6D178D #9620C2 #B43FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#6D178D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#6D178D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D178D

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D178D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D178D	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#09468B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A3554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d178d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 23, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.183 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b61af',
    500: '#6d178d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d178d;
$custom-light: #9b61af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d178d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.729,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41095,
    "c": 0.18271,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D178D

secondary

#63C040

accent

#EF396A

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0F0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D178D

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

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