#6E177D#6E177D

#6E177D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.169 H 321.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E177D
RGB	rgb(110, 23, 125)
HSL	hsl(291, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(291, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 81.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.87, 50.35, -37.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.87, 62.99, 323.07°)
OKLab	oklab(40.06% 0.1317 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(40.06% 0.169 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.4381, 5.4090, 19.8923)
Luminance	0.0541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.52

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E177D #267D17

analogous

#3B177D #6E177D #7D1759

triadic

#6E177D #7D6E17 #177D6E

tetradic

#6E177D #7D3B17 #267D17 #17597D

square

#6E177D #7D3B17 #267D17 #17597D

split-complementary

#6E177D #597D17 #177D3B

monochromatic

#17051A #410D49 #6E177D #9B21B1 #C135DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#6E177D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#6E177D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E177D

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E177D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E177D	1.00	10.09	2.08	10.09
#FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24457B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F2D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e177d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 23, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.169 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b60a3',
    500: '#6e177d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e177d;
$custom-light: #9b60a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e177d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.176,
    "s": 68.919,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40056,
    "c": 0.16911,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E177D

secondary

#4FB23E

accent

#EC3C56

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0F050F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E177D

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

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