#6840B3#6840B3

#6840B3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.174 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6840B3
RGB	rgb(104, 64, 179)
HSL	hsl(261, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(261, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 64.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.60, 43.18, -55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.60, 70.03, 308.07°)
OKLab	oklab(48.07% 0.0735 -0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(48.07% 0.174 295)
XYZ	xyz(15.6768, 9.8642, 43.7171)
Luminance	0.0987 (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

#6840B3 #8BB340

analogous

#4051B3 #6840B3 #A240B3

triadic

#6840B3 #B36840 #40B368

tetradic

#6840B3 #B34051 #8BB340 #40B3A2

square

#6840B3 #B34051 #8BB340 #40B3A2

split-complementary

#6840B3 #B3A240 #51B340

monochromatic

#342059 #4E3086 #6840B3 #8967C9 #AC94D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#6840B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#6840B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6840B3

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6840B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6840B3	1.00	7.06	2.97	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#545A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6840b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 64, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.174 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9977ca',
    500: '#6840b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6840b3;
$custom-light: #9977ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6840b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48067,
    "c": 0.17365,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.09865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6840B3

secondary

#B0C48A

accent

#D751A8

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF8

border

#CCC8D1

text

#0E0913

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6840B3

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

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