#6A38BD#6A38BD

#6A38BD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.196 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A38BD
RGB	rgb(106, 56, 189)
HSL	hsl(263, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(263, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 70.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.05, 50.48, -61.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.05, 79.88, 309.19°)
OKLab	oklab(47.97% 0.0833 -0.1771)
OKLCH	oklch(47.97% 0.196 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.5409, 9.5662, 49.1092)
Luminance	0.0957 (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

#6A38BD #8BBD38

analogous

#3849BD #6A38BD #AC38BD

triadic

#6A38BD #BD6A38 #38BD6A

tetradic

#6A38BD #BD3849 #8BBD38 #38BDAC

square

#6A38BD #BD3849 #8BBD38 #38BDAC

split-complementary

#6A38BD #BDAC38 #49BD38

monochromatic

#351C5F #502A8E #6A38BD #8B62D0 #AE91DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#6A38BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#6A38BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A38BD

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A38BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A38BD	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#535976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a38bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 56, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.196 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c73d2',
    500: '#6a38bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a38bd;
$custom-light: #9c73d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a38bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.556,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47967,
    "c": 0.19574,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A38BD

secondary

#B1C987

accent

#DE4AA6

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F3EDFA

border

#CDC8D3

text

#0F0814

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A38BD

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

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