#6940D9#6940D9

#6940D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.219 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6940D9
RGB	rgb(105, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(256, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(256, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.70, 53.88, -72.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.70, 90.09, 306.73°)
OKLab	oklab(51.25% 0.0692 -0.2074)
OKLCH	oklch(51.25% 0.219 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.1798, 11.6789, 66.8231)
Luminance	0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6940D9 #B0D940

analogous

#4064D9 #6940D9 #B540D9

triadic

#6940D9 #D96940 #40D969

tetradic

#6940D9 #D94064 #B0D940 #40D9B5

square

#6940D9 #D94064 #B0D940 #40D9B5

split-complementary

#6940D9 #D9B540 #64D940

monochromatic

#371A84 #4C24B7 #6940D9 #9173E3 #B9A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#6940D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#6940D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6940D9

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6940D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6940D9	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F6888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6940d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.219 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e78e6',
    500: '#6940d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6940d9;
$custom-light: #9e78e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6940d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.078,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51251,
    "c": 0.21867,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6940D9

secondary

#C9DA9A

accent

#EA3EBC

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFC

border

#CEC8D5

text

#100916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6940D9

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

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