#6A42E1#6A42E1

#6A42E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.226 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A42E1
RGB	rgb(106, 66, 225)
HSL	hsl(255, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(255, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 70.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.84, 55.25, -74.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.84, 93.08, 306.41°)
OKLab	oklab(52.29% 0.0674 -0.2153)
OKLCH	oklch(52.29% 0.226 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.4787, 12.3958, 72.4804)
Luminance	0.1240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A42E1 #B9E142

analogous

#426AE1 #6A42E1 #B942E1

triadic

#6A42E1 #E16A42 #42E16A

tetradic

#6A42E1 #E1426A #B9E142 #42E1B9

square

#6A42E1 #E1426A #B9E142 #42E1B9

split-complementary

#6A42E1 #E1B942 #6AE142

monochromatic

#361792 #491FC6 #6A42E1 #9477E9 #BDACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#6A42E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#6A42E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A42E1

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A42E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A42E1	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A6C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a42e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 66, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.226 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a07aec',
    500: '#6a42e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a42e1;
$custom-light: #a07aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a42e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.094,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5229,
    "c": 0.22563,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A42E1

secondary

#CFE09F

accent

#EF38C1

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFD

border

#CEC9D5

text

#100916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A42E1

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

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