#6A40D9#6A40D9

#6A40D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.219 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A40D9
RGB	rgb(106, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(256, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(256, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.80, 54.04, -72.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.80, 90.05, 306.88°)
OKLab	oklab(51.34% 0.0706 -0.2069)
OKLCH	oklch(51.34% 0.219 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.2980, 11.7398, 66.8287)
Luminance	0.1174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A40D9 #AFD940

analogous

#4062D9 #6A40D9 #B740D9

triadic

#6A40D9 #D96A40 #40D96A

tetradic

#6A40D9 #D94062 #AFD940 #40D9B7

square

#6A40D9 #D94062 #AFD940 #40D9B7

split-complementary

#6A40D9 #D9B740 #62D940

monochromatic

#371A84 #4D24B7 #6A40D9 #9273E3 #BAA6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#6A40D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#6A40D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A40D9

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A40D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A40D9	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#416888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a40d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.219 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f78e6',
    500: '#6a40d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a40d9;
$custom-light: #9f78e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a40d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.471,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51344,
    "c": 0.21864,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A40D9

secondary

#C9DA9A

accent

#EA3EBB

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFC

border

#CEC8D5

text

#100916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A40D9

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

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