#6E17A0#6E17A0

#6E17A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.200 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E17A0
RGB	rgb(110, 23, 160)
HSL	hsl(278, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(278, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 85.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.56, 57.46, -55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.56, 79.65, 316.17°)
OKLab	oklab(42.78% 0.1239 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(42.78% 0.2 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.0806, 6.4661, 33.8099)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E17A0 #49A017

analogous

#2917A0 #6E17A0 #A0178D

triadic

#6E17A0 #A06E17 #17A06E

tetradic

#6E17A0 #A02917 #49A017 #178DA0

square

#6E17A0 #A02917 #49A017 #178DA0

split-complementary

#6E17A0 #8DA017 #17A029

monochromatic

#240835 #490F6A #6E17A0 #931FD6 #AD4CE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#6E17A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#6E17A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E17A0

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E17A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E17A0	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#663E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e17a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 23, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.200 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d62bd',
    500: '#6e17a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e17a0;
$custom-light: #9d62bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e17a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.102,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4278,
    "c": 0.19994,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E17A0

secondary

#79C74C

accent

#F1367B

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF7

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E17A0

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

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