#6A42BB#6A42BB

#6A42BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.181 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A42BB
RGB	rgb(106, 66, 187)
HSL	hsl(260, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(260, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 64.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.81, 44.69, -57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.81, 73.12, 307.67°)
OKLab	oklab(49.18% 0.0733 -0.1653)
OKLCH	oklch(49.18% 0.181 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.8593, 10.5480, 48.1518)
Luminance	0.1055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 2.34

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A42BB #93BB42

analogous

#4256BB #6A42BB #A742BB

triadic

#6A42BB #BB6A42 #42BB6A

tetradic

#6A42BB #BB4256 #93BB42 #42BBA7

square

#6A42BB #BB4256 #93BB42 #42BBA7

split-complementary

#6A42BB #BBA742 #56BB42

monochromatic

#372261 #50328E #6A42BB #8D6ECC #B19CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#6A42BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#6A42BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A42BB

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A42BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A42BB	1.00	6.75	3.11	6.75
#FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#545E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a42bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 66, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.181 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b79d0',
    500: '#6a42bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a42bb;
$custom-light: #9b79d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a42bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.835,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49178,
    "c": 0.18084,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A42BB

secondary

#B6C891

accent

#D750AB

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF9

border

#CCC8D2

text

#0F0914

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A42BB

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

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