#6A38D6#6A38D6

#6A38D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.224 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A38D6
RGB	rgb(106, 56, 214)
HSL	hsl(259, 66%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(259, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 73.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.15, 57.14, -73.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.15, 92.71, 308.05°)
OKLab	oklab(50.1% 0.0779 -0.2097)
OKLCH	oklch(50.1% 0.224 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.4921, 10.7467, 64.6526)
Luminance	0.1075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A38D6 #A4D638

analogous

#3855D6 #6A38D6 #B938D6

triadic

#6A38D6 #D66A38 #38D66A

tetradic

#6A38D6 #D63855 #A4D638 #38D6B9

square

#6A38D6 #D63855 #A4D638 #38D6B9

split-complementary

#6A38D6 #D6B938 #55D638

monochromatic

#38197A #4F24AD #6A38D6 #906BE0 #B69DEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.67

#6A38D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#6A38D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A38D6

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A38D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A38D6	1.00	6.67	3.15	6.67
#FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#446384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a38d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 56, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.224 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f74e4',
    500: '#6a38d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a38d6;
$custom-light: #9f74e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a38d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.987,
    "s": 65.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50099,
    "c": 0.22373,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A38D6

secondary

#C1D793

accent

#E93FB3

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFC

border

#CEC8D5

text

#100816

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A38D6

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

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