#6D178E#6D178E

#6D178E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.184 H 313.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D178E
RGB	rgb(109, 23, 142)
HSL	hsl(283, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(283, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 83.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.95, 53.52, -46.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.95, 71.07, 318.87°)
OKLab	oklab(41.17% 0.1273 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(41.17% 0.184 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.4947, 5.8174, 26.1033)
Luminance	0.0582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D178E #388E17

analogous

#31178E #6D178E #8E1774

triadic

#6D178E #8E6D17 #178E6D

tetradic

#6D178E #8E3117 #388E17 #17748E

square

#6D178E #8E3117 #388E17 #17748E

split-complementary

#6D178E #748E17 #178E31

monochromatic

#1C0625 #450E59 #6D178E #9520C3 #B33FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.71

#6D178E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#6D178E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D178E

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D178E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D178E	1.00	9.71	2.16	9.71
#FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#06468C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A3554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d178e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 23, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.184 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b61b0',
    500: '#6d178e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d178e;
$custom-light: #9b61b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d178e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.361,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41173,
    "c": 0.1836,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D178E

secondary

#64C040

accent

#EF396B

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0F0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D178E

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

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