#6040D6#6040D6

#6040D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.216 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6040D6
RGB	rgb(96, 64, 214)
HSL	hsl(253, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(253, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 70.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.59, 51.65, -72.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.59, 88.88, 305.53°)
OKLab	oklab(50.18% 0.0573 -0.2081)
OKLCH	oklch(50.18% 0.216 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.7912, 11.0076, 64.7398)
Luminance	0.1101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6040D6 #B6D640

analogous

#406BD6 #6040D6 #AB40D6

triadic

#6040D6 #D66040 #40D660

tetradic

#6040D6 #D6406B #B6D640 #40D6AB

square

#6040D6 #D6406B #B6D640 #40D6AB

split-complementary

#6040D6 #D6AB40 #6BD640

monochromatic

#311B80 #4426B2 #6040D6 #8A72E1 #B4A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#6040D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#6040D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6040D6

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6040D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6040D6	1.00	6.56	3.20	6.56
#FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A6887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6040d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 64, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.216 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9978e4',
    500: '#6040d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6040d6;
$custom-light: #9978e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6040d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.8,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5018,
    "c": 0.21581,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6040D6

secondary

#CBD999

accent

#E840C4

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFC

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6040D6

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

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