#6F17A0#6F17A0

#6F17A0 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.200 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6F17A0
RGB	rgb(111, 23, 160)
HSL	hsl(279, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(279, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 85.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.71, 57.62, -54.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.71, 79.58, 316.38°)
OKLab	oklab(42.92% 0.1253 -0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(42.92% 0.2 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.2058, 6.5306, 33.8157)
Luminance	0.0653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6F17A0 #48A017

analogous

#2A17A0 #6F17A0 #A0178C

triadic

#6F17A0 #A06F17 #17A06F

tetradic

#6F17A0 #A02A17 #48A017 #178CA0

square

#6F17A0 #A02A17 #48A017 #178CA0

split-complementary

#6F17A0 #8CA017 #17A02A

monochromatic

#250835 #4A0F6A #6F17A0 #941FD6 #AF4CE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#6F17A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#6F17A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6F17A0

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6F17A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6F17A0	1.00	9.11	2.31	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#673D5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6f17a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(111, 23, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.200 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e62bd',
    500: '#6f17a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6f17a0;
$custom-light: #9e62bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6f17a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 111,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.54,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42918,
    "c": 0.2002,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6F17A0

secondary

#78C74C

accent

#F13679

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF7

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6F17A0

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

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