#6E178C#6E178C

#6E178C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.182 H 315.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E178C
RGB	rgb(110, 23, 140)
HSL	hsl(285, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(285, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 83.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.96, 53.30, -45.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.96, 70.07, 319.52°)
OKLab	oklab(41.17% 0.1291 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(41.17% 0.182 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.4696, 5.8217, 25.3254)
Luminance	0.0582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E178C #358C17

analogous

#33178C #6E178C #8C1770

triadic

#6E178C #8C6E17 #178C6E

tetradic

#6E178C #8C3317 #358C17 #17708C

square

#6E178C #8C3317 #358C17 #17708C

split-complementary

#6E178C #708C17 #178C33

monochromatic

#1B0623 #450E57 #6E178C #9720C1 #B63EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#6E178C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#6E178C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E178C

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E178C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E178C	1.00	9.70	2.16	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F468A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B3453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e178c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 23, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.182 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c61ae',
    500: '#6e178c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e178c;
$custom-light: #9c61ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e178c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.615,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41165,
    "c": 0.18216,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E178C

secondary

#60BF3F

accent

#EF3968

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF4

border

#CDC6CE

text

#0F0510

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E178C

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

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