#6D2172#6D2172

#6D2172 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.147 H 325.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D2172
RGB	rgb(109, 33, 114)
HSL	hsl(296, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(296, 71%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 71.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.26, 44.38, -30.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.26, 53.71, 325.72°)
OKLab	oklab(40.07% 0.1212 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(40.07% 0.148 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.8876, 5.5544, 16.4676)
Luminance	0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D2172 #267221

analogous

#452172 #6D2172 #72214F

triadic

#6D2172 #726D21 #21726D

tetradic

#6D2172 #724521 #267221 #214F72

square

#6D2172 #724521 #267221 #214F72

split-complementary

#6D2172 #4F7221 #217245

monochromatic

#170718 #401343 #6D2172 #9A2FA1 #C144C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#6D2172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#6D2172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D2172

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D2172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D2172	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F3D74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#314670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#702E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d2172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 33, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.147 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a649b',
    500: '#6d2172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d2172;
$custom-light: #9a649b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d2172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.296,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40071,
    "c": 0.1475,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D2172

secondary

#4FA549

accent

#DE4953

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F2EBF2

border

#CCC6CC

text

#0E060E

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D2172

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

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