#6A40C8#6A40C8

#6A40C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.199 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A40C8
RGB	rgb(106, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(259, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(259, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.41, 49.34, -64.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.41, 81.20, 307.42°)
OKLab	oklab(49.93% 0.0736 -0.1847)
OKLCH	oklch(49.93% 0.199 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.1997, 10.9005, 55.7775)
Luminance	0.1090 (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

#6A40C8 #9EC840

analogous

#405AC8 #6A40C8 #AE40C8

triadic

#6A40C8 #C86A40 #40C86A

tetradic

#6A40C8 #C8405A #9EC840 #40C8AE

square

#6A40C8 #C8405A #9EC840 #40C8AE

split-complementary

#6A40C8 #C8AE40 #5AC840

monochromatic

#38206E #502D9D #6A40C8 #8F70D6 #B49FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#6A40C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#6A40C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A40C8

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A40C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A40C8	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D627F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a40c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.199 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c78da',
    500: '#6a40c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a40c8;
$custom-light: #9c78da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a40c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.529,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49925,
    "c": 0.19889,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A40C8

secondary

#BDD094

accent

#DF49B0

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EDFB

border

#CEC8D4

text

#0F0915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A40C8

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

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