#6A40ED#6A40ED

#6A40ED is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.241 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A40ED
RGB	rgb(106, 64, 237)
HSL	hsl(255, 83%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 73%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.53, 59.57, -80.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.53, 100.21, 306.47°)
OKLab	oklab(53.1% 0.0663 -0.2319)
OKLCH	oklch(53.1% 0.241 286)
XYZ	xyz(23.0587, 12.8441, 81.3685)
Luminance	0.1285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A40ED #C3ED40

analogous

#406DED #6A40ED #C040ED

triadic

#6A40ED #ED6A40 #40ED6A

tetradic

#6A40ED #ED406D #C3ED40 #40EDC0

square

#6A40ED #ED406D #C3ED40 #40EDC0

split-complementary

#6A40ED #EDC040 #6DED40

monochromatic

#330FA3 #4515DB #6A40ED #9678F2 #C1B0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#6A40ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#6A40ED on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A40ED

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A40ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A40ED	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C7093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a40ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 64, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.241 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a179f4',
    500: '#6a40ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a40ed;
$custom-light: #a179f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a40ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.566,
    "s": 82.775,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53096,
    "c": 0.24125,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.12845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A40ED

secondary

#D6E6A2

accent

#F92FC8

background

#FAF7FF

surface

#F4EEFF

border

#CEC9D7

text

#100917

muted

#7F7B85

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A40ED

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

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