#6140E1#6140E1

#6140E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.229 H 284.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6140E1
RGB	rgb(97, 64, 225)
HSL	hsl(252, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(252, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 71.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.64, 54.97, -76.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.64, 94.52, 305.56°)
OKLab	oklab(51.24% 0.0565 -0.2214)
OKLCH	oklch(51.24% 0.229 284.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3496, 11.6432, 72.3946)
Luminance	0.1164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6140E1 #C0E140

analogous

#4070E1 #6140E1 #B240E1

triadic

#6140E1 #E16140 #40E161

tetradic

#6140E1 #E14070 #C0E140 #40E1B2

square

#6140E1 #E14070 #C0E140 #40E1B2

split-complementary

#6140E1 #E1B240 #70E140

monochromatic

#2F1790 #411FC5 #6140E1 #8D75E9 #B9AAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#6140E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#6140E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6140E1

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6140E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6140E1	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C6C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6140e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(97, 64, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.229 284.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b78ec',
    500: '#6140e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6140e1;
$custom-light: #9b78ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6140e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 97,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.298,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51242,
    "c": 0.22853,
    "h": 284.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6140E1

secondary

#D2DF9D

accent

#F038CA

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFD

border

#CEC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6140E1

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

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