#6A42D6#6A42D6

#6A42D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.213 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A42D6
RGB	rgb(106, 66, 214)
HSL	hsl(256, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(256, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 69.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.92, 52.18, -70.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.92, 87.40, 306.66°)
OKLab	oklab(51.35% 0.0695 -0.2013)
OKLCH	oklch(51.35% 0.213 289)
XYZ	xyz(20.0262, 11.8147, 64.8306)
Luminance	0.1182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A42D6 #AED642

analogous

#4264D6 #6A42D6 #B442D6

triadic

#6A42D6 #D66A42 #42D66A

tetradic

#6A42D6 #D64264 #AED642 #42D6B4

square

#6A42D6 #D64264 #AED642 #42D6B4

split-complementary

#6A42D6 #D6B442 #64D642

monochromatic

#381C82 #4D27B4 #6A42D6 #9274E1 #B9A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#6A42D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#6A42D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A42D6

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A42D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A42D6	1.00	6.24	3.36	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#436887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a42d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 66, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.213 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e79e4',
    500: '#6a42d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a42d6;
$custom-light: #9e79e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a42d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.216,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51354,
    "c": 0.21292,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.11816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A42D6

secondary

#C8D99B

accent

#E740BA

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFC

border

#CEC9D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A42D6

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

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