#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
RGBrgb(106, 64, 212)
HSLhsl(257, 63%, 54%)
HSVhsv(257, 70%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(50%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(40.38, 52.66, -69.84)
CIE-LCHlch(40.38, 87.47, 307.01°)
OKLaboklab(50.92% 0.0716 -0.2005)
OKLCHoklch(50.92% 0.213 289.7)
XYZxyz(19.6575, 11.4836, 63.4554)
Luminance0.1148 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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
##6A40D41.006.373.306.37
#FFFFFF6.371.0021.001.00
#0000003.3021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.371.0021.001.00

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

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#6A40D4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva