#6D17A1#6D17A1

#6D17A1 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.201 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D17A1
RGB	rgb(109, 23, 161)
HSL	hsl(277, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(277, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 85.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.49, 57.52, -55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.49, 80.20, 315.83°)
OKLab	oklab(42.73% 0.1222 -0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(42.73% 0.201 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.0447, 6.4374, 34.2666)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D17A1 #4BA117

analogous

#2817A1 #6D17A1 #A11790

triadic

#6D17A1 #A16D17 #17A16D

tetradic

#6D17A1 #A12817 #4BA117 #1790A1

square

#6D17A1 #A12817 #4BA117 #1790A1

split-complementary

#6D17A1 #90A117 #17A128

monochromatic

#240836 #490F6B #6D17A1 #911FD7 #AC4DE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#6D17A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#6D17A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D17A1

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D17A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D17A1	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#643E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d17a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 23, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.201 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d62be',
    500: '#6d17a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d17a1;
$custom-light: #9d62be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d17a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.391,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42727,
    "c": 0.2006,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D17A1

secondary

#7BC74C

accent

#F2367D

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF7

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D17A1

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

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