#6A42D3#6A42D3

#6A42D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.209 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A42D3
RGB	rgb(106, 66, 211)
HSL	hsl(257, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(257, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 68.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.68, 51.34, -68.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.68, 85.84, 306.74°)
OKLab	oklab(51.1% 0.07 -0.1974)
OKLCH	oklch(51.1% 0.209 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6466, 11.6629, 62.8314)
Luminance	0.1166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A42D3 #ABD342

analogous

#4263D3 #6A42D3 #B342D3

triadic

#6A42D3 #D36A42 #42D36A

tetradic

#6A42D3 #D34263 #ABD342 #42D3B3

square

#6A42D3 #D34263 #ABD342 #42D3B3

split-complementary

#6A42D3 #D3B342 #63D342

monochromatic

#381D7D #4E29AF #6A42D3 #9174DF #B8A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#6A42D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#6A42D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A42D3

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A42D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A42D3	1.00	6.30	3.33	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#456785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a42d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 66, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.209 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e79e2',
    500: '#6a42d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a42d3;
$custom-light: #9e79e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a42d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.552,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51103,
    "c": 0.20942,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A42D3

secondary

#C6D79A

accent

#E542B8

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFC

border

#CEC9D5

text

#0F0915

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A42D3

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

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