#6A40CD#6A40CD

#6A40CD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.205 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A40CD
RGB	rgb(106, 64, 205)
HSL	hsl(258, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(258, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 68.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.81, 50.72, -66.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.81, 83.83, 307.24°)
OKLab	oklab(50.33% 0.0728 -0.1913)
OKLCH	oklch(50.33% 0.205 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7936, 11.1380, 58.9054)
Luminance	0.1114 (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

#6A40CD #A3CD40

analogous

#405DCD #6A40CD #B040CD

triadic

#6A40CD #CD6A40 #40CD6A

tetradic

#6A40CD #CD405D #A3CD40 #40CDB0

square

#6A40CD #CD405D #A3CD40 #40CDB0

split-complementary

#6A40CD #CDB040 #5DCD40

monochromatic

#381E74 #4F2BA5 #6A40CD #9071DA #B6A1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#6A40CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#6A40CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A40CD

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A40CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A40CD	1.00	6.51	3.23	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A6482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a40cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 64, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.205 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d78dd',
    500: '#6a40cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a40cd;
$custom-light: #9d78dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a40cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.872,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50335,
    "c": 0.20474,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A40CD

secondary

#C1D396

accent

#E246B3

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EDFB

border

#CEC8D4

text

#0F0915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A40CD

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

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