#6438E6#6438E6

#6438E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.242 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6438E6
RGB	rgb(100, 56, 230)
HSL	hsl(255, 78%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(255, 76%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 75.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.00, 60.65, -80.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.00, 101.03, 306.90°)
OKLab	oklab(50.99% 0.0652 -0.2327)
OKLCH	oklch(50.99% 0.242 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9483, 11.2496, 75.9151)
Luminance	0.1125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6438E6 #BAE638

analogous

#3863E6 #6438E6 #BB38E6

triadic

#6438E6 #E66438 #38E664

tetradic

#6438E6 #E63863 #BAE638 #38E6BB

square

#6438E6 #E63863 #BAE638 #38E6BB

split-complementary

#6438E6 #E6BB38 #63E638

monochromatic

#321291 #4519C8 #6438E6 #8E6EED #B9A5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#6438E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#6438E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6438E6

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6438E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6438E6	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#216A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6438e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 56, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.242 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e74ef',
    500: '#6438e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6438e6;
$custom-light: #9e74ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6438e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.172,
    "s": 77.679,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50991,
    "c": 0.24165,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6438E6

secondary

#CFE199

accent

#F434C3

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFD

border

#CEC8D5

text

#100917

muted

#7F7B85

Preview Lab

Preview with #6438E6

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

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