#6A38C5#6A38C5

#6A38C5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.205 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A38C5
RGB	rgb(106, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(261, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(261, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.70, 52.60, -65.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.70, 84.03, 308.75°)
OKLab	oklab(48.63% 0.0817 -0.1878)
OKLCH	oklch(48.63% 0.205 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.4333, 9.9232, 53.8093)
Luminance	0.0992 (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

#6A38C5 #93C538

analogous

#384CC5 #6A38C5 #B138C5

triadic

#6A38C5 #C56A38 #38C56A

tetradic

#6A38C5 #C5384C #93C538 #38C5B1

square

#6A38C5 #C5384C #93C538 #38C5B1

split-complementary

#6A38C5 #C5B138 #4CC538

monochromatic

#371D66 #502A95 #6A38C5 #8D67D4 #B196E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#6A38C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#6A38C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A38C5

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A38C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A38C5	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F5C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a38c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.205 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d73d8',
    500: '#6a38c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a38c5;
$custom-light: #9d73d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a38c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.277,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48632,
    "c": 0.20478,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A38C5

secondary

#B6CD8C

accent

#DF49AA

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EDFA

border

#CEC8D3

text

#0F0815

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A38C5

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

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