#6A42A2#6A42A2

#6A42A2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.150 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A42A2
RGB	rgb(106, 66, 162)
HSL	hsl(265, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(265, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 59.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.06, 37.93, -45.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.06, 59.52, 309.59°)
OKLab	oklab(47.35% 0.0748 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(47.35% 0.15 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.4121, 9.5691, 35.2631)
Luminance	0.0957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A42A2 #7AA242

analogous

#424AA2 #6A42A2 #9A42A2

triadic

#6A42A2 #A26A42 #42A26A

tetradic

#6A42A2 #A2424A #7AA242 #42A29A

square

#6A42A2 #A2424A #7AA242 #42A29A

split-complementary

#6A42A2 #A29A42 #4AA242

monochromatic

#311F4B #4E3077 #6A42A2 #8962BF #AA8ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#6A42A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#6A42A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A42A2

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A42A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A42A2	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1057A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2456A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E566B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a42a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 66, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.150 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9878be',
    500: '#6a42a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a42a2;
$custom-light: #9878be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a42a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47349,
    "c": 0.14998,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A42A2

secondary

#A5BC84

accent

#D2569E

background

#F9F7FB

surface

#F2EDF7

border

#CCC8D0

text

#0E0912

muted

#7E7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A42A2

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

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