#6A42BF#6A42BF

#6A42BF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.186 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A42BF
RGB	rgb(106, 66, 191)
HSL	hsl(259, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(259, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 65.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.11, 45.79, -59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.11, 75.27, 307.47°)
OKLab	oklab(49.49% 0.0729 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(49.49% 0.186 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.2935, 10.7217, 50.4384)
Luminance	0.1072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.87

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A42BF #97BF42

analogous

#4258BF #6A42BF #A842BF

triadic

#6A42BF #BF6A42 #42BF6A

tetradic

#6A42BF #BF4258 #97BF42 #42BFA8

square

#6A42BF #BF4258 #97BF42 #42BFA8

split-complementary

#6A42BF #BFA842 #58BF42

monochromatic

#372265 #503292 #6A42BF #8E70CE #B29DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#6A42BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#6A42BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A42BF

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A42BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A42BF	1.00	6.68	3.14	6.68
#FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52607B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a42bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 66, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.186 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b79d3',
    500: '#6a42bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a42bf;
$custom-light: #9b79d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a42bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49488,
    "c": 0.18567,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A42BF

secondary

#B8CA93

accent

#D94FAD

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F3EDFA

border

#CDC8D3

text

#0F0914

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A42BF

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

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