#6A42DC#6A42DC

#6A42DC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.220 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A42DC
RGB	rgb(106, 66, 220)
HSL	hsl(256, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(256, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 70%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.42, 53.85, -72.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.42, 90.51, 306.51°)
OKLab	oklab(51.86% 0.0683 -0.209)
OKLCH	oklch(51.86% 0.22 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8066, 12.1269, 68.9407)
Luminance	0.1213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A42DC #B4DC42

analogous

#4267DC #6A42DC #B742DC

triadic

#6A42DC #DC6A42 #42DC6A

tetradic

#6A42DC #DC4267 #B4DC42 #42DCB7

square

#6A42DC #DC4267 #B4DC42 #42DCB7

split-complementary

#6A42DC #DCB742 #67DC42

monochromatic

#371A8A #4B23BE #6A42DC #9376E6 #BBA9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#6A42DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#6A42DC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A42DC

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A42DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A42DC	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005ED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E6A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a42dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 66, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.220 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f7ae8',
    500: '#6a42dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a42dc;
$custom-light: #9f7ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a42dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.584,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51861,
    "c": 0.21988,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A42DC

secondary

#CCDD9D

accent

#EC3CBE

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFD

border

#CEC9D5

text

#100916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A42DC

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

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