#6B38E7#6B38E7

#6B38E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.242 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B38E7
RGB	rgb(107, 56, 231)
HSL	hsl(257, 78%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(257, 76%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 75.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.77, 61.81, -80.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.77, 101.15, 307.67°)
OKLab	oklab(51.72% 0.075 -0.2303)
OKLCH	oklch(51.72% 0.242 288)
XYZ	xyz(21.8971, 11.7226, 76.6947)
Luminance	0.1172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B38E7 #B4E738

analogous

#385DE7 #6B38E7 #C338E7

triadic

#6B38E7 #E76B38 #38E76B

tetradic

#6B38E7 #E7385D #B4E738 #38E7C3

square

#6B38E7 #E7385D #B4E738 #38E7C3

split-complementary

#6B38E7 #E7C338 #5DE738

monochromatic

#371293 #4C18CA #6B38E7 #946FEE #BCA5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#6B38E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#6B38E7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B38E7

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B38E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B38E7	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#376A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b38e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 56, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.242 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a274f0',
    500: '#6b38e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b38e7;
$custom-light: #a274f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b38e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.486,
    "s": 78.475,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51723,
    "c": 0.24224,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.11724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B38E7

secondary

#CCE199

accent

#F533BC

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFD

border

#CEC8D5

text

#100917

muted

#7F7B85

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B38E7

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

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