#6A4AE1#6A4AE1

#6A4AE1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.217 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A4AE1
RGB	rgb(106, 74, 225)
HSL	hsl(253, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(253, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 67.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.36, 51.06, -72.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.36, 88.61, 305.18°)
OKLab	oklab(53.37% 0.0606 -0.2081)
OKLCH	oklch(53.37% 0.217 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9792, 13.3968, 72.6473)
Luminance	0.1340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A4AE1 #C1E14A

analogous

#4A75E1 #6A4AE1 #B54AE1

triadic

#6A4AE1 #E16A4A #4AE16A

tetradic

#6A4AE1 #E14A75 #C1E14A #4AE1B5

square

#6A4AE1 #E14A75 #C1E14A #4AE1B5

split-complementary

#6A4AE1 #E1B54A #75E14A

monochromatic

#341997 #4622CC #6A4AE1 #957EEA #C0B3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#6A4AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#6A4AE1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A4AE1

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A4AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A4AE1	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#397090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a4ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 74, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.217 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f7feb',
    500: '#6a4ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a4ae1;
$custom-light: #9f7feb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a4ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.715,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53374,
    "c": 0.21671,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A4AE1

secondary

#D5E1A6

accent

#EE39C8

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFD

border

#CEC9D5

text

#100A16

muted

#7F7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A4AE1

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

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