#6D179E#6D179E

#6D179E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.198 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D179E
RGB	rgb(109, 23, 158)
HSL	hsl(278, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(278, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 85.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.24, 56.88, -54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.24, 78.76, 316.24°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% 0.1231 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.198 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.7833, 6.3328, 32.8901)
Luminance	0.0633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D179E #489E17

analogous

#29179E #6D179E #9E178B

triadic

#6D179E #9E6D17 #179E6D

tetradic

#6D179E #9E2917 #489E17 #178B9E

square

#6D179E #9E2917 #489E17 #178B9E

split-complementary

#6D179E #8B9E17 #179E29

monochromatic

#230733 #480F69 #6D179E #921FD3 #AD4BE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#6D179E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#6D179E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D179E

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D179E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D179E	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#653D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d179e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 23, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.198 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c62bc',
    500: '#6d179e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d179e;
$custom-light: #9c62bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d179e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.222,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42473,
    "c": 0.19789,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D179E

secondary

#77C64A

accent

#F1377A

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D179E

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

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