#6D17B3#6D17B3

#6D17B3 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.217 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D17B3
RGB	rgb(109, 23, 179)
HSL	hsl(273, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(273, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 87.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.08, 61.46, -64.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.08, 88.81, 313.79°)
OKLab	oklab(44.31% 0.1161 -0.1833)
OKLCH	oklch(44.31% 0.217 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.7478, 7.1186, 43.2361)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D17B3 #5DB317

analogous

#1F17B3 #6D17B3 #B317AB

triadic

#6D17B3 #B36D17 #17B36D

tetradic

#6D17B3 #B31F17 #5DB317 #17ABB3

square

#6D17B3 #B31F17 #5DB317 #17ABB3

split-complementary

#6D17B3 #ABB317 #17B31F

monochromatic

#2B0947 #4C107D #6D17B3 #8D24E3 #AA5BEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#6D17B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#6D17B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D17B3

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D17B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D17B3	1.00	8.66	2.42	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E476A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d17b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 23, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.217 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e63cb',
    500: '#6d17b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d17b3;
$custom-light: #9e63cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d17b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.077,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44306,
    "c": 0.21692,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D17B3

secondary

#8DCD58

accent

#F4348A

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F4EBF9

border

#CEC6D2

text

#0F0613

muted

#7F7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D17B3

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

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