#6E17B3#6E17B3

#6E17B3 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.217 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E17B3
RGB	rgb(110, 23, 179)
HSL	hsl(273, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(273, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 87.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.22, 61.59, -63.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.22, 88.73, 313.96°)
OKLab	oklab(44.43% 0.1175 -0.1825)
OKLCH	oklch(44.43% 0.217 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.8715, 7.1824, 43.2419)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E17B3 #5CB317

analogous

#2017B3 #6E17B3 #B317AA

triadic

#6E17B3 #B36E17 #17B36E

tetradic

#6E17B3 #B32017 #5CB317 #17AAB3

square

#6E17B3 #B32017 #5CB317 #17AAB3

split-complementary

#6E17B3 #AAB317 #17B320

monochromatic

#2B0947 #4D107D #6E17B3 #8F24E3 #AA5BEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#6E17B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#6E17B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E17B3

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E17B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E17B3	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F476A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e17b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 23, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.217 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f63cb',
    500: '#6e17b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e17b3;
$custom-light: #9f63cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e17b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.462,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44434,
    "c": 0.2171,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E17B3

secondary

#8CCD58

accent

#F43489

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F4EBF9

border

#CEC6D2

text

#0F0613

muted

#7F7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E17B3

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

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