#6B40E6#6B40E6

#6B40E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.233 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B40E6
RGB	rgb(107, 64, 230)
HSL	hsl(256, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 72.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.01, 57.78, -77.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.01, 96.64, 306.72°)
OKLab	oklab(52.56% 0.0693 -0.2228)
OKLCH	oklch(52.56% 0.233 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.1755, 12.5046, 76.0927)
Luminance	0.1251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B40E6 #BBE640

analogous

#4068E6 #6B40E6 #BE40E6

triadic

#6B40E6 #E66B40 #40E66B

tetradic

#6B40E6 #E64068 #BBE640 #40E6BE

square

#6B40E6 #E64068 #BBE640 #40E6BE

split-complementary

#6B40E6 #E6BE40 #68E640

monochromatic

#361498 #491BCE #6B40E6 #9576ED #BFACF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#6B40E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#6B40E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B40E6

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B40E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B40E6	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#386D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b40e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 64, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.233 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a179ef',
    500: '#6b40e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b40e6;
$custom-light: #a179ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b40e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.542,
    "s": 76.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52564,
    "c": 0.23334,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B40E6

secondary

#D1E29F

accent

#F334C2

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFD

border

#CEC9D5

text

#100917

muted

#7F7B85

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B40E6

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

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