#6A40D3#6A40D3

#6A40D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.212 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A40D3
RGB	rgb(106, 64, 211)
HSL	hsl(257, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(257, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 69.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.30, 52.38, -69.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.30, 86.95, 307.04°)
OKLab	oklab(50.84% 0.0718 -0.1992)
OKLCH	oklch(50.84% 0.212 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.5317, 11.4333, 62.7931)
Luminance	0.1143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A40D3 #A9D340

analogous

#4060D3 #6A40D3 #B440D3

triadic

#6A40D3 #D36A40 #40D36A

tetradic

#6A40D3 #D34060 #A9D340 #40D3B4

square

#6A40D3 #D34060 #A9D340 #40D3B4

split-complementary

#6A40D3 #D3B440 #60D340

monochromatic

#381D7C #4E28AE #6A40D3 #9172DE #B8A3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#6A40D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#6A40D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A40D3

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A40D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A40D3	1.00	6.39	3.29	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#466685

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a40d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 64, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.212 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e78e2',
    500: '#6a40d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a40d3;
$custom-light: #9e78e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a40d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50836,
    "c": 0.21172,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A40D3

secondary

#C5D798

accent

#E642B7

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFC

border

#CEC8D5

text

#0F0915

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A40D3

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

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