#6A42BC#6A42BC

#6A42BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.182 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A42BC
RGB	rgb(106, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(260, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(260, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 64.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.88, 44.96, -58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.88, 73.66, 307.62°)
OKLab	oklab(49.26% 0.0732 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(49.26% 0.182 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.9667, 10.5910, 48.7175)
Luminance	0.1059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 2.22

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A42BC #94BC42

analogous

#4257BC #6A42BC #A742BC

triadic

#6A42BC #BC6A42 #42BC6A

tetradic

#6A42BC #BC4257 #94BC42 #42BCA7

square

#6A42BC #BC4257 #94BC42 #42BCA7

split-complementary

#6A42BC #BCA742 #57BC42

monochromatic

#372261 #50328F #6A42BC #8D6FCC #B19CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.73

#6A42BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#6A42BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A42BC

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A42BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A42BC	1.00	6.73	3.12	6.73
#FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#535F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a42bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.182 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b79d1',
    500: '#6a42bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a42bc;
$custom-light: #9b79d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a42bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.672,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49255,
    "c": 0.18205,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A42BC

secondary

#B6C991

accent

#D850AB

background

#FAF7FC

surface

#F3EDF9

border

#CDC8D2

text

#0F0914

muted

#7F7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A42BC

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

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