#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
RGBrgb(106, 64, 217)
HSLhsl(256, 67%, 55%)
HSVhsv(256, 71%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(51.2%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(40.80, 54.04, -72.04)
CIE-LCHlch(40.80, 90.05, 306.88°)
OKLaboklab(51.34% 0.0706 -0.2069)
OKLCHoklch(51.34% 0.219 288.9)
XYZxyz(20.2980, 11.7398, 66.8287)
Luminance0.1174 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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
##6A40D91.006.273.356.27
#FFFFFF6.271.0021.001.00
#0000003.3521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.271.0021.001.00

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

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#6A40D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva