#6A42B9#6A42B9

#6A42B9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.178 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A42B9
RGB	rgb(106, 66, 185)
HSL	hsl(260, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(260, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 64.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.66, 44.14, -56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.66, 72.05, 307.78°)
OKLab	oklab(49.03% 0.0735 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(49.03% 0.178 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.6467, 10.4630, 47.0320)
Luminance	0.1046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 2.61

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A42B9 #91B942

analogous

#4256B9 #6A42B9 #A642B9

triadic

#6A42B9 #B96A42 #42B96A

tetradic

#6A42B9 #B94256 #91B942 #42B9A6

square

#6A42B9 #B94256 #91B942 #42B9A6

split-complementary

#6A42B9 #B9A642 #56B942

monochromatic

#36225F #50328C #6A42B9 #8D6DCB #B09ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.79

#6A42B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#6A42B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A42B9

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A42B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A42B9	1.00	6.79	3.09	6.79
#FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#555E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a42b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 66, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.178 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b79cf',
    500: '#6a42b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a42b9;
$custom-light: #9b79cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a42b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.168,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49025,
    "c": 0.1784,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A42B9

secondary

#B4C790

accent

#D751AA

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF9

border

#CCC8D2

text

#0F0914

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A42B9

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

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