#6A38E7#6A38E7

#6A38E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.242 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#6A38E7
RGBrgb(106, 56, 231)
HSLhsl(257, 78%, 56%)
HSVhsv(257, 76%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(54.1%, 75.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(40.67, 61.68, -80.24)
CIE-LCHlch(40.67, 101.20, 307.55°)
OKLaboklab(51.63% 0.0735 -0.2309)
OKLCHoklch(51.63% 0.242 287.7)
XYZxyz(21.7776, 11.6609, 76.6891)
Luminance0.1166 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#6A38E7 #B5E738
analogous
#385EE7 #6A38E7 #C238E7
triadic
#6A38E7 #E76A38 #38E76A
tetradic
#6A38E7 #E7385E #B5E738 #38E7C2
square
#6A38E7 #E7385E #B5E738 #38E7C2
split-complementary
#6A38E7 #E7C238 #5EE738
monochromatic
#371293 #4B18CA #6A38E7 #936FEE #BCA5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30
#6A38E7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33
#6A38E7 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A38E7
6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##6A38E7#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##6A38E71.006.303.336.30
#FFFFFF6.301.0021.001.00
#0000003.3321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.301.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0064EC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#005BE4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#356A8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #6a38e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 56, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.242 287.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a174f0',
    500: '#6a38e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #6a38e7;
$custom-light: #a174f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#6a38e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 78.475,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51629,
    "c": 0.24229,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#6A38E7
secondary
#CDE199
accent
#F533BD
background
#FAF7FE
surface
#F4EDFD
border
#CEC8D5
text
#100917
muted
#7F7B85

Preview Lab

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#6A38E7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva