#6A42E0#6A42E0

#6A42E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.224 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A42E0
RGB	rgb(106, 66, 224)
HSL	hsl(255, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(255, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 70.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.75, 54.97, -74.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.75, 92.57, 306.43°)
OKLab	oklab(52.2% 0.0676 -0.2141)
OKLCH	oklch(52.2% 0.224 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3426, 12.3413, 71.7641)
Luminance	0.1234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A42E0 #B8E042

analogous

#4269E0 #6A42E0 #B942E0

triadic

#6A42E0 #E06A42 #42E06A

tetradic

#6A42E0 #E04269 #B8E042 #42E0B9

square

#6A42E0 #E04269 #B8E042 #42E0B9

split-complementary

#6A42E0 #E0B942 #69E042

monochromatic

#361890 #4A20C5 #6A42E0 #9377E9 #BDABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#6A42E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#6A42E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A42E0

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A42E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A42E0	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B6C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a42e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 66, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.224 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f7aeb',
    500: '#6a42e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a42e0;
$custom-light: #9f7aeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a42e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.19,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52204,
    "c": 0.22448,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A42E0

secondary

#CFDF9F

accent

#EF39C1

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFD

border

#CEC9D5

text

#100916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A42E0

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

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