#6E17A1#6E17A1

#6E17A1 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.201 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E17A1
RGB	rgb(110, 23, 161)
HSL	hsl(278, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(278, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 85.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.64, 57.67, -55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.64, 80.13, 316.03°)
OKLab	oklab(42.86% 0.1236 -0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(42.86% 0.201 308)
XYZ	xyz(13.1685, 6.5012, 34.2724)
Luminance	0.0650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E17A1 #4AA117

analogous

#2917A1 #6E17A1 #A1178F

triadic

#6E17A1 #A16E17 #17A16E

tetradic

#6E17A1 #A12917 #4AA117 #178FA1

square

#6E17A1 #A12917 #4AA117 #178FA1

split-complementary

#6E17A1 #8FA117 #17A129

monochromatic

#250836 #490F6B #6E17A1 #931FD7 #AD4DE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#6E17A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#6E17A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E17A1

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E17A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E17A1	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#653E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e17a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 23, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.201 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d62be',
    500: '#6e17a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e17a1;
$custom-light: #9d62be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e17a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.826,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42864,
    "c": 0.20084,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.06501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E17A1

secondary

#7AC74C

accent

#F2367B

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF7

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E17A1

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

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