All About Color #6B159D

#6B159D

About #6B159D

#6B159D is a dark purple color with the hex code #6B159D. In RGB it is red 107, green 21, blue 157; in HSL it is hue 278°, saturation 76%, lightness 35%; in CMYK it is 32%, 87%, 0%, 38%. Its contrast ratio is 9.46:1 on white and 2.22:1 on black.

#6B159D Color Conversion

Hex triplet6B, 15, 9D
CMYK31.85%, 86.62%, 0.00%, 38.43%
RGB Decimal107, 21, 157
HSL278°, 76%, 35%
RGB Octal153, 25, 235
HSV (HSB)277.94°, 86.62%, 61.57%
RGB Binary1101011, 10101, 10011101
CIE-L*AB29.65, 56.92, -54.84
RGB Percent41.96%, 8.24%, 61.57%
CIE-L*CH29.65, 79.04, 316.07
XYZ12.42, 6.10, 32.42
CIE-L*UV29.65, 18.94, -75.37
xyY0.24, 0.12, 6.10
Hunter-Lab24.69, 46.56, -60.57
RYB41.96%, 8.24%, 61.57%

Color Accessibility Scores

#6B159D on a dark background: contrast 2.22:1, fails WCAG AA.
#6B159D on a light background: contrast 9.46:1, passes WCAG AAA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #6B159D, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #6B159D. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#6B159D · #9F2CE2 · #340A4C · #479D15 · #6FE22C

Analogous palette

#15479D · #28159D · #6B159D · #9D158B · #9D1547

Triadic palette

#6B159D · #9D6B15 · #159D6B · #9F2CE2 · #E29F2C

Tetradic palette

#6B159D · #9D2815 · #479D15 · #158B9D · #340A4C

Monochromatic palette

#0F0316 · #3D0C5A · #6B159D · #991FE0 · #B862EA

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