#6042E1#6042E1

#6042E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.227 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6042E1
RGB	rgb(96, 66, 225)
HSL	hsl(251, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(251, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 70.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.93, 53.79, -76.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.93, 93.47, 305.13°)
OKLab	oklab(51.42% 0.0536 -0.2201)
OKLCH	oklch(51.42% 0.227 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3585, 11.8182, 72.4279)
Luminance	0.1182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6042E1 #C3E142

analogous

#4273E1 #6042E1 #B042E1

triadic

#6042E1 #E16042 #42E160

tetradic

#6042E1 #E14273 #C3E142 #42E1B0

square

#6042E1 #E14273 #C3E142 #42E1B0

split-complementary

#6042E1 #E1B042 #73E142

monochromatic

#2E1792 #3F1FC6 #6042E1 #8C77E9 #B9ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#6042E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#6042E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6042E1

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6042E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6042E1	1.00	6.24	3.36	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#166D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6042e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 66, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.227 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a79ec',
    500: '#6042e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6042e1;
$custom-light: #9a79ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6042e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.321,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51421,
    "c": 0.22656,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6042E1

secondary

#D4E09F

accent

#EF38CD

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFD

border

#CEC9D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6042E1

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

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