#6A42B2#6A42B2

#6A42B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.170 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A42B2
RGB	rgb(106, 66, 178)
HSL	hsl(261, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(261, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 62.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.15, 42.23, -53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.15, 68.26, 308.21°)
OKLab	oklab(48.5% 0.0741 -0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(48.5% 0.17 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.9259, 10.1746, 43.2357)
Luminance	0.1017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A42B2 #8AB242

analogous

#4252B2 #6A42B2 #A242B2

triadic

#6A42B2 #B26A42 #42B26A

tetradic

#6A42B2 #B24252 #8AB242 #42B2A2

square

#6A42B2 #B24252 #8AB242 #42B2A2

split-complementary

#6A42B2 #B2A242 #52B242

monochromatic

#352159 #4F3185 #6A42B2 #8B6AC8 #AE96D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.92

#6A42B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#6A42B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A42B2

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A42B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A42B2	1.00	6.92	3.03	6.92
#FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#585B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a42b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 66, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.170 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a78ca',
    500: '#6a42b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a42b2;
$custom-light: #9a78ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a42b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48498,
    "c": 0.16985,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A42B2

secondary

#B0C48C

accent

#D652A7

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF8

border

#CCC8D1

text

#0E0913

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A42B2

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

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