#6042E2#6042E2

#6042E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.228 H 283.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6042E2
RGB	rgb(96, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(251, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(251, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.01, 54.08, -76.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.01, 93.98, 305.13°)
OKLab	oklab(51.51% 0.0534 -0.2214)
OKLCH	oklch(51.51% 0.228 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4953, 11.8729, 73.1485)
Luminance	0.1187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6042E2 #C4E242

analogous

#4274E2 #6042E2 #B042E2

triadic

#6042E2 #E26042 #42E260

tetradic

#6042E2 #E24274 #C4E242 #42E2B0

square

#6042E2 #E24274 #C4E242 #42E2B0

split-complementary

#6042E2 #E2B042 #74E242

monochromatic

#2E1793 #3E1FC8 #6042E2 #8D77EA #B9ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#6042E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#6042E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6042E2

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6042E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6042E2	1.00	6.22	3.37	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#136D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6042e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.228 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a79ec',
    500: '#6042e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6042e2;
$custom-light: #9a79ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6042e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.25,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5151,
    "c": 0.22773,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6042E2

secondary

#D4E09F

accent

#F038CE

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFD

border

#CEC9D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6042E2

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

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