#6E178D#6E178D

#6E178D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.183 H 314.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E178D
RGB	rgb(110, 23, 141)
HSL	hsl(284, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(284, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 83.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.03, 53.50, -45.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.03, 70.54, 319.32°)
OKLab	oklab(41.24% 0.1289 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(41.24% 0.183 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.5437, 5.8513, 25.7155)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E178D #368D17

analogous

#33178D #6E178D #8D1771

triadic

#6E178D #8D6E17 #178D6E

tetradic

#6E178D #8D3317 #368D17 #17718D

square

#6E178D #8D3317 #368D17 #17718D

split-complementary

#6E178D #718D17 #178D33

monochromatic

#1C0624 #450E58 #6E178D #9720C2 #B53FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#6E178D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#6E178D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E178D

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E178D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E178D	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D468B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B3554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e178d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 23, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.183 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c61af',
    500: '#6e178d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e178d;
$custom-light: #9c61af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e178d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.237,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41243,
    "c": 0.18304,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E178D

secondary

#62C040

accent

#EF3969

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF5

border

#CDC6CF

text

#0F0510

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E178D

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

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