#6A40BC#6A40BC

#6A40BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.185 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A40BC
RGB	rgb(106, 64, 188)
HSL	hsl(260, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(260, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 66%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.48, 46.05, -58.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.48, 74.84, 307.98°)
OKLab	oklab(48.97% 0.0753 -0.1686)
OKLCH	oklch(48.97% 0.185 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.8519, 10.3614, 48.6793)
Luminance	0.1036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 2.24

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A40BC #92BC40

analogous

#4054BC #6A40BC #A840BC

triadic

#6A40BC #BC6A40 #40BC6A

tetradic

#6A40BC #BC4054 #92BC40 #40BCA8

square

#6A40BC #BC4054 #92BC40 #40BCA8

split-complementary

#6A40BC #BCA840 #54BC40

monochromatic

#372161 #50308E #6A40BC #8D6CCD #B09ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#6A40BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#6A40BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A40BC

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A40BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A40BC	1.00	6.84	3.07	6.84
#FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#535D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a40bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 64, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.185 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b77d1',
    500: '#6a40bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a40bc;
$custom-light: #9b77d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a40bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.323,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48967,
    "c": 0.18465,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A40BC

secondary

#B5C98F

accent

#D94FAA

background

#FAF7FC

surface

#F3EDF9

border

#CDC8D2

text

#0F0914

muted

#7F7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A40BC

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

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