#6A42D9#6A42D9

#6A42D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.216 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A42D9
RGB	rgb(106, 66, 217)
HSL	hsl(256, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(256, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 69.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.17, 53.02, -71.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.17, 88.96, 306.58°)
OKLab	oklab(51.61% 0.0689 -0.2051)
OKLCH	oklch(51.61% 0.216 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4128, 11.9694, 66.8669)
Luminance	0.1197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A42D9 #B1D942

analogous

#4265D9 #6A42D9 #B542D9

triadic

#6A42D9 #D96A42 #42D96A

tetradic

#6A42D9 #D94265 #B1D942 #42D9B5

square

#6A42D9 #D94265 #B1D942 #42D9B5

split-complementary

#6A42D9 #D9B542 #65D942

monochromatic

#371B86 #4C25B9 #6A42D9 #9275E3 #BAA8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#6A42D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#6A42D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A42D9

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A42D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A42D9	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#416989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a42d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 66, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.216 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e7ae6',
    500: '#6a42d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a42d9;
$custom-light: #9e7ae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a42d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.894,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51606,
    "c": 0.21641,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A42D9

secondary

#CADB9C

accent

#E93EBC

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFC

border

#CEC9D5

text

#100916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A42D9

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

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