#6A40D4#6A40D4

#6A40D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.213 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A40D4
RGB	rgb(106, 64, 212)
HSL	hsl(257, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(257, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.38, 52.66, -69.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.38, 87.47, 307.01°)
OKLab	oklab(50.92% 0.0716 -0.2005)
OKLCH	oklch(50.92% 0.213 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6575, 11.4836, 63.4554)
Luminance	0.1148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A40D4 #AAD440

analogous

#4060D4 #6A40D4 #B440D4

triadic

#6A40D4 #D46A40 #40D46A

tetradic

#6A40D4 #D44060 #AAD440 #40D4B4

square

#6A40D4 #D44060 #AAD440 #40D4B4

split-complementary

#6A40D4 #D4B440 #60D440

monochromatic

#381C7D #4E27AF #6A40D4 #9172DF #B8A4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#6A40D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#6A40D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A40D4

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A40D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A40D4	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#456685

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a40d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 64, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.213 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e78e2',
    500: '#6a40d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a40d4;
$custom-light: #9e78e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a40d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.027,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5092,
    "c": 0.21287,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A40D4

secondary

#C6D798

accent

#E642B8

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFC

border

#CEC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A40D4

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

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