#6A42CE#6A42CE

#6A42CE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.204 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A42CE
RGB	rgb(106, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(257, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.27, 49.95, -66.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.27, 83.22, 306.88°)
OKLab	oklab(50.69% 0.0708 -0.1908)
OKLCH	oklch(50.69% 0.204 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.0295, 11.4161, 59.5814)
Luminance	0.1142 (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

#6A42CE #A6CE42

analogous

#4260CE #6A42CE #B042CE

triadic

#6A42CE #CE6A42 #42CE6A

tetradic

#6A42CE #CE4260 #A6CE42 #42CEB0

square

#6A42CE #CE4260 #A6CE42 #42CEB0

split-complementary

#6A42CE #CEB042 #60CE42

monochromatic

#381F77 #4F2BA7 #6A42CE #9073DB #B7A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#6A42CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#6A42CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A42CE

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A42CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A42CE	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#496583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a42ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.204 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d79de',
    500: '#6a42ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a42ce;
$custom-light: #9d79de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a42ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5069,
    "c": 0.20356,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A42CE

secondary

#C3D498

accent

#E246B5

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFB

border

#CEC9D4

text

#0F0915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A42CE

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

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