#642BA6#642BA6

#642BA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.185 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#642BA6
RGB	rgb(100, 43, 166)
HSL	hsl(268, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(268, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 74.1%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.24, 49.71, -56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.24, 74.96, 311.54°)
OKLab	oklab(43.81% 0.0917 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(43.81% 0.185 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.0006, 7.1901, 36.7719)
Luminance	0.0719 (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

#642BA6 #6DA62B

analogous

#2B2FA6 #642BA6 #A12BA6

triadic

#642BA6 #A6642B #2BA664

tetradic

#642BA6 #A62B2F #6DA62B #2BA6A1

square

#642BA6 #A62B2F #6DA62B #2BA6A1

split-complementary

#642BA6 #A6A12B #2FA62B

monochromatic

#291245 #471E75 #642BA6 #8241CE #A271DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#642BA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#642BA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #642BA6

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##642BA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##642BA6	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#554A66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #642ba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 43, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.185 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#966ac1',
    500: '#642ba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #642ba6;
$custom-light: #966ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#642ba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.805,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4381,
    "c": 0.18463,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#642BA6

secondary

#9AC16B

accent

#E2469A

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #642BA6

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

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