#6840C8#6840C8

#6840C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.199 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6840C8
RGB	rgb(104, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(258, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(258, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.21, 48.99, -64.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.21, 81.26, 307.07°)
OKLab	oklab(49.73% 0.0709 -0.1858)
OKLCH	oklch(49.73% 0.199 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.9647, 10.7793, 55.7664)
Luminance	0.1078 (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

#6840C8 #A0C840

analogous

#405CC8 #6840C8 #AC40C8

triadic

#6840C8 #C86840 #40C868

tetradic

#6840C8 #C8405C #A0C840 #40C8AC

square

#6840C8 #C8405C #A0C840 #40C8AC

split-complementary

#6840C8 #C8AC40 #5CC840

monochromatic

#37206E #4E2D9D #6840C8 #8E70D6 #B39FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.65

#6840C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#6840C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6840C8

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6840C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6840C8	1.00	6.65	3.16	6.65
#FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49627F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6840c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.199 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b78da',
    500: '#6840c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6840c8;
$custom-light: #9b78da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6840c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49729,
    "c": 0.19888,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6840C8

secondary

#BED094

accent

#DF49B3

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EDFB

border

#CEC8D4

text

#0F0915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6840C8

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

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