#6A40CA#6A40CA

#6A40CA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.201 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A40CA
RGB	rgb(106, 64, 202)
HSL	hsl(258, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(258, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 68.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.57, 49.89, -65.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.57, 82.25, 307.34°)
OKLab	oklab(50.09% 0.0733 -0.1874)
OKLCH	oklch(50.09% 0.201 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.4349, 10.9946, 57.0165)
Luminance	0.1100 (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

#6A40CA #A0CA40

analogous

#405BCA #6A40CA #AF40CA

triadic

#6A40CA #CA6A40 #40CA6A

tetradic

#6A40CA #CA405B #A0CA40 #40CAAF

square

#6A40CA #CA405B #A0CA40 #40CAAF

split-complementary

#6A40CA #CAAF40 #5BCA40

monochromatic

#381F70 #502CA0 #6A40CA #8F70D7 #B5A0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#6A40CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#6A40CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A40CA

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A40CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A40CA	1.00	6.56	3.20	6.56
#FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C6380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a40ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 64, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.201 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d78db',
    500: '#6a40ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a40ca;
$custom-light: #9d78db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a40ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.261,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50088,
    "c": 0.20124,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A40CA

secondary

#BFD195

accent

#E048B2

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EDFB

border

#CEC8D4

text

#0F0915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A40CA

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

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