#6A42E6#6A42E6

#6A42E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.231 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A42E6
RGB	rgb(106, 66, 230)
HSL	hsl(255, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(255, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 71.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.27, 56.64, -77.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.27, 95.63, 306.32°)
OKLab	oklab(52.73% 0.0664 -0.2216)
OKLCH	oklch(52.73% 0.231 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1707, 12.6726, 76.1254)
Luminance	0.1267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A42E6 #BEE642

analogous

#426CE6 #6A42E6 #BC42E6

triadic

#6A42E6 #E66A42 #42E66A

tetradic

#6A42E6 #E6426C #BEE642 #42E6BC

square

#6A42E6 #E6426C #BEE642 #42E6BC

split-complementary

#6A42E6 #E6BC42 #6CE642

monochromatic

#351499 #471BCF #6A42E6 #9578ED #BFAEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#6A42E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#6A42E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A42E6

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A42E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A42E6	1.00	5.94	3.53	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#356E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a42e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 66, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.231 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a07aef',
    500: '#6a42e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a42e6;
$custom-light: #a07aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a42e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.634,
    "s": 76.636,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52725,
    "c": 0.23134,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A42E6

secondary

#D3E3A1

accent

#F335C5

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFD

border

#CEC9D5

text

#100917

muted

#7F7B85

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A42E6

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

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