#6A40CE#6A40CE

#6A40CE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.206 H 290.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A40CE
RGB	rgb(106, 64, 206)
HSL	hsl(258, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(258, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 68.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.89, 51.00, -67.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.89, 84.35, 307.20°)
OKLab	oklab(50.42% 0.0727 -0.1927)
OKLCH	oklch(50.42% 0.206 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9147, 11.1865, 59.5431)
Luminance	0.1119 (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

#6A40CE #A4CE40

analogous

#405DCE #6A40CE #B140CE

triadic

#6A40CE #CE6A40 #40CE6A

tetradic

#6A40CE #CE405D #A4CE40 #40CEB1

square

#6A40CE #CE405D #A4CE40 #40CEB1

split-complementary

#6A40CE #CEB140 #5DCE40

monochromatic

#381E75 #4F2BA6 #6A40CE #9071DA #B6A1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#6A40CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#6A40CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A40CE

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A40CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A40CE	1.00	6.49	3.24	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#496482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a40ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 64, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.206 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d78de',
    500: '#6a40ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a40ce;
$custom-light: #9d78de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a40ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.746,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50418,
    "c": 0.20591,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A40CE

secondary

#C1D496

accent

#E245B4

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EDFB

border

#CEC8D4

text

#0F0915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A40CE

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

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