#6A42C8#6A42C8

#6A42C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.196 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A42C8
RGB	rgb(106, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(258, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(258, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.80, 48.28, -63.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.80, 80.06, 307.09°)
OKLab	oklab(50.2% 0.0717 -0.1829)
OKLCH	oklch(50.2% 0.196 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.3145, 11.1301, 55.8157)
Luminance	0.1113 (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

#6A42C8 #A0C842

analogous

#425DC8 #6A42C8 #AD42C8

triadic

#6A42C8 #C86A42 #42C86A

tetradic

#6A42C8 #C8425D #A0C842 #42C8AD

square

#6A42C8 #C8425D #A0C842 #42C8AD

split-complementary

#6A42C8 #C8AD42 #5DC842

monochromatic

#38206F #502E9F #6A42C8 #8F71D6 #B5A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#6A42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#6A42C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A42C8

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A42C8	1.00	6.51	3.23	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D637F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.196 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c79da',
    500: '#6a42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a42c8;
$custom-light: #9c79da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.91,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50202,
    "c": 0.19645,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A42C8

secondary

#BFD096

accent

#DE4AB2

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EDFB

border

#CEC8D4

text

#0F0915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A42C8

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

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