#6E16A5#6E16A5

#6E16A5 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.205 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E16A5
RGB	rgb(110, 22, 165)
HSL	hsl(277, 76%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(277, 87%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 86.7%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.89, 58.81, -57.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.89, 82.35, 315.57°)
OKLab	oklab(43.14% 0.1229 -0.1642)
OKLCH	oklch(43.14% 0.205 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.5074, 6.6056, 36.1534)
Luminance	0.0660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E16A5 #4DA516

analogous

#2616A5 #6E16A5 #A51695

triadic

#6E16A5 #A56E16 #16A56E

tetradic

#6E16A5 #A52616 #4DA516 #1695A5

square

#6E16A5 #A52616 #4DA516 #1695A5

split-complementary

#6E16A5 #95A516 #16A526

monochromatic

#260839 #4A0F6F #6E16A5 #921DDB #AC4EE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#6E16A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#6E16A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E16A5

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E16A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E16A5	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#644061

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e16a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 22, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.205 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e62c1',
    500: '#6e16a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e16a5;
$custom-light: #9e62c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e16a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43141,
    "c": 0.20514,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E16A5

secondary

#7DC94E

accent

#F3357E

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F4EBF8

border

#CEC6D1

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E16A5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →