#6E178E#6E178E

#6E178E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.184 H 314.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E178E
RGB	rgb(110, 23, 142)
HSL	hsl(284, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(284, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 83.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.11, 53.70, -46.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.11, 71.02, 319.13°)
OKLab	oklab(41.32% 0.1287 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(41.32% 0.184 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.6185, 5.8812, 26.1091)
Luminance	0.0588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E178E #378E17

analogous

#33178E #6E178E #8E1772

triadic

#6E178E #8E6E17 #178E6E

tetradic

#6E178E #8E3317 #378E17 #17728E

square

#6E178E #8E3317 #378E17 #17728E

split-complementary

#6E178E #728E17 #178E33

monochromatic

#1C0625 #450E59 #6E178E #9720C3 #B53FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.65

#6E178E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#6E178E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E178E

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E178E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E178E	1.00	9.65	2.18	9.65
#FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A478C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B3554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e178e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 23, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.184 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c61b0',
    500: '#6e178e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e178e;
$custom-light: #9c61b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e178e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.866,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4132,
    "c": 0.18392,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E178E

secondary

#63C040

accent

#EF396A

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF5

border

#CDC6CF

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E178E

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

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