#6B40D6#6B40D6

#6B40D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.215 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B40D6
RGB	rgb(107, 64, 214)
HSL	hsl(257, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(257, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 70.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.65, 53.37, -70.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.65, 88.47, 307.10°)
OKLab	oklab(51.18% 0.0726 -0.2025)
OKLCH	oklch(51.18% 0.215 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0309, 11.6468, 64.7979)
Luminance	0.1165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B40D6 #ABD640

analogous

#4060D6 #6B40D6 #B640D6

triadic

#6B40D6 #D66B40 #40D66B

tetradic

#6B40D6 #D64060 #ABD640 #40D6B6

square

#6B40D6 #D64060 #ABD640 #40D6B6

split-complementary

#6B40D6 #D6B640 #60D640

monochromatic

#381B80 #4E26B2 #6B40D6 #9272E1 #B9A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#6B40D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#6B40D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B40D6

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B40D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B40D6	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#466787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b40d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 64, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.215 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f78e4',
    500: '#6b40d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b40d6;
$custom-light: #9f78e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b40d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.2,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51184,
    "c": 0.21516,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B40D6

secondary

#C6D999

accent

#E840B8

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFC

border

#CEC8D5

text

#100916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B40D6

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

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