#6A40CC#6A40CC

#6A40CC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.204 H 291.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A40CC
RGB	rgb(106, 64, 204)
HSL	hsl(258, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(258, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 68.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.73, 50.45, -66.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.73, 83.30, 307.27°)
OKLab	oklab(50.25% 0.073 -0.19)
OKLCH	oklch(50.25% 0.204 291)
XYZ	xyz(18.6733, 11.0899, 58.2717)
Luminance	0.1109 (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

#6A40CC #A2CC40

analogous

#405CCC #6A40CC #B040CC

triadic

#6A40CC #CC6A40 #40CC6A

tetradic

#6A40CC #CC405C #A2CC40 #40CCB0

square

#6A40CC #CC405C #A2CC40 #40CCB0

split-complementary

#6A40CC #CCB040 #5CCC40

monochromatic

#381F73 #4F2CA3 #6A40CC #9070D9 #B5A1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#6A40CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#6A40CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A40CC

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A40CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A40CC	1.00	6.53	3.22	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A6381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a40cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 64, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.204 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d78dd',
    500: '#6a40cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a40cc;
$custom-light: #9d78dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a40cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50253,
    "c": 0.20358,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.11091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A40CC

secondary

#C0D295

accent

#E147B3

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EDFB

border

#CEC8D4

text

#0F0915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A40CC

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

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