#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
RGBrgb(106, 64, 237)
HSLhsl(255, 83%, 59%)
HSVhsv(255, 73%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(55.3%, 73%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(42.53, 59.57, -80.58)
CIE-LCHlch(42.53, 100.21, 306.47°)
OKLaboklab(53.1% 0.0663 -0.2319)
OKLCHoklch(53.1% 0.241 286)
XYZxyz(23.0587, 12.8441, 81.3685)
Luminance0.1285 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##6A40ED1.005.883.575.88
#FFFFFF5.881.0021.001.00
#0000003.5721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.881.0021.001.00

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

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#6A40ED Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva