#6F17B3#6F17B3

#6F17B3 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.217 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6F17B3
RGB	rgb(111, 23, 179)
HSL	hsl(274, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(274, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 87.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.36, 61.72, -63.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.36, 88.65, 314.13°)
OKLab	oklab(44.56% 0.119 -0.1818)
OKLCH	oklch(44.56% 0.217 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.9967, 7.2470, 43.2478)
Luminance	0.0725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6F17B3 #5BB317

analogous

#2117B3 #6F17B3 #B317A9

triadic

#6F17B3 #B36F17 #17B36F

tetradic

#6F17B3 #B32117 #5BB317 #17A9B3

square

#6F17B3 #B32117 #5BB317 #17A9B3

split-complementary

#6F17B3 #A9B317 #17B321

monochromatic

#2C0947 #4D107D #6F17B3 #9024E3 #AB5BEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#6F17B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#6F17B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6F17B3

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6F17B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6F17B3	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61466A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6f17b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(111, 23, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.217 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f63cb',
    500: '#6f17b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6f17b3;
$custom-light: #9f63cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6f17b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 111,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.846,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44563,
    "c": 0.21729,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6F17B3

secondary

#8BCD58

accent

#F43488

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F4EBF9

border

#CEC6D2

text

#100613

muted

#7F7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6F17B3

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

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