#6D179F#6D179F

#6D179F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.199 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D179F
RGB	rgb(109, 23, 159)
HSL	hsl(278, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(278, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 85.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.32, 57.09, -54.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.32, 79.24, 316.10°)
OKLab	oklab(42.56% 0.1228 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(42.56% 0.199 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.8698, 6.3674, 33.3452)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D179F #499F17

analogous

#29179F #6D179F #9F178D

triadic

#6D179F #9F6D17 #179F6D

tetradic

#6D179F #9F2917 #499F17 #178D9F

square

#6D179F #9F2917 #499F17 #178D9F

split-complementary

#6D179F #8D9F17 #179F29

monochromatic

#240834 #480F6A #6D179F #921FD4 #AD4BE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#6D179F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#6D179F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D179F

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D179F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D179F	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#653D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d179f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 23, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.199 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c62bc',
    500: '#6d179f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d179f;
$custom-light: #9c62bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d179f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.941,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42558,
    "c": 0.19879,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D179F

secondary

#79C74B

accent

#F1367B

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF7

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D179F

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

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