#6940D5#6940D5

#6940D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.214 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6940D5
RGB	rgb(105, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(257, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(257, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.37, 52.77, -70.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.37, 88.02, 306.83°)
OKLab	oklab(50.91% 0.07 -0.2023)
OKLCH	oklch(50.91% 0.214 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6659, 11.4733, 64.1162)
Luminance	0.1147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6940D5 #ACD540

analogous

#4062D5 #6940D5 #B340D5

triadic

#6940D5 #D56940 #40D569

tetradic

#6940D5 #D54062 #ACD540 #40D5B3

square

#6940D5 #D54062 #ACD540 #40D5B3

split-complementary

#6940D5 #D5B340 #62D540

monochromatic

#371C7F #4D27B1 #6940D5 #9072E0 #B8A4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#6940D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#6940D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6940D5

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6940D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6940D5	1.00	6.37	3.29	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#426786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6940d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.214 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d78e3',
    500: '#6940d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6940d5;
$custom-light: #9d78e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6940d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.51,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5091,
    "c": 0.21406,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6940D5

secondary

#C7D899

accent

#E741B9

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFC

border

#CEC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6940D5

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

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