#6940B5#6940B5

#6940B5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.176 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6940B5
RGB	rgb(105, 64, 181)
HSL	hsl(261, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(261, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 64.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.85, 43.94, -55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.85, 71.10, 308.17°)
OKLab	oklab(48.32% 0.0747 -0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(48.32% 0.176 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.9974, 10.0059, 44.7956)
Luminance	0.1001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 3.09

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6940B5 #8CB540

analogous

#4051B5 #6940B5 #A340B5

triadic

#6940B5 #B56940 #40B569

tetradic

#6940B5 #B54051 #8CB540 #40B5A3

square

#6940B5 #B54051 #8CB540 #40B5A3

split-complementary

#6940B5 #B5A340 #51B540

monochromatic

#35205B #4F3088 #6940B5 #8B68CA #AE96DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#6940B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#6940B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6940B5

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6940B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6940B5	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#555B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6940b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 64, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.176 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a77cc',
    500: '#6940b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6940b5;
$custom-light: #9a77cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6940b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.026,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48323,
    "c": 0.17616,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6940B5

secondary

#B1C58B

accent

#D750A8

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF9

border

#CCC8D2

text

#0E0913

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6940B5

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

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