#6A42D2#6A42D2

#6A42D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.208 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A42D2
RGB	rgb(106, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(257, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(257, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.59, 51.06, -68.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.59, 85.32, 306.76°)
OKLab	oklab(51.02% 0.0701 -0.1961)
OKLCH	oklch(51.02% 0.208 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5216, 11.6129, 62.1732)
Luminance	0.1161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A42D2 #AAD242

analogous

#4262D2 #6A42D2 #B242D2

triadic

#6A42D2 #D26A42 #42D26A

tetradic

#6A42D2 #D24262 #AAD242 #42D2B2

square

#6A42D2 #D24262 #AAD242 #42D2B2

split-complementary

#6A42D2 #D2B242 #62D242

monochromatic

#381E7C #4E29AD #6A42D2 #9173DE #B8A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#6A42D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#6A42D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A42D2

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A42D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A42D2	1.00	6.32	3.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#466785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.208 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e79e1',
    500: '#6a42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a42d2;
$custom-light: #9e79e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5102,
    "c": 0.20826,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A42D2

secondary

#C6D799

accent

#E543B8

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFB

border

#CEC9D4

text

#0F0915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A42D2

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

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