#6840CD#6840CD

#6840CD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.205 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6840CD
RGB	rgb(104, 64, 205)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(257, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 68.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.61, 50.38, -67.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.61, 83.89, 306.91°)
OKLab	oklab(50.14% 0.07 -0.1924)
OKLCH	oklch(50.14% 0.205 290)
XYZ	xyz(18.5586, 11.0169, 58.8944)
Luminance	0.1102 (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

#6840CD #A5CD40

analogous

#405FCD #6840CD #AE40CD

triadic

#6840CD #CD6840 #40CD68

tetradic

#6840CD #CD405F #A5CD40 #40CDAE

square

#6840CD #CD405F #A5CD40 #40CDAE

split-complementary

#6840CD #CDAE40 #5FCD40

monochromatic

#371E74 #4E2BA5 #6840CD #8E71DA #B5A1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#6840CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#6840CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6840CD

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6840CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6840CD	1.00	6.56	3.20	6.56
#FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005ACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#466482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6840cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 64, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.205 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c78dd',
    500: '#6840cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6840cd;
$custom-light: #9c78dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6840cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.021,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50142,
    "c": 0.20477,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.11018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6840CD

secondary

#C2D396

accent

#E246B6

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EDFB

border

#CEC8D4

text

#0F0915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6840CD

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

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