#6040E1#6040E1

#6040E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.229 H 283.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6040E1
RGB	rgb(96, 64, 225)
HSL	hsl(252, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(252, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 71.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.55, 54.83, -77.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.55, 94.56, 305.44°)
OKLab	oklab(51.16% 0.0551 -0.2219)
OKLCH	oklch(51.16% 0.229 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.2437, 11.5886, 72.3896)
Luminance	0.1159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6040E1 #C1E140

analogous

#4071E1 #6040E1 #B040E1

triadic

#6040E1 #E16040 #40E160

tetradic

#6040E1 #E14071 #C1E140 #40E1B0

square

#6040E1 #E14071 #C1E140 #40E1B0

split-complementary

#6040E1 #E1B040 #71E140

monochromatic

#2F1790 #401FC5 #6040E1 #8C75E9 #B8AAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#6040E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#6040E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6040E1

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6040E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6040E1	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005ADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#176C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6040e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 64, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.229 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a78ec',
    500: '#6040e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6040e1;
$custom-light: #9a78ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6040e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.925,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51157,
    "c": 0.22864,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6040E1

secondary

#D2DF9D

accent

#F038CB

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFD

border

#CEC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6040E1

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

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