#6B42BC#6B42BC

#6B42BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.182 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B42BC
RGB	rgb(107, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(260, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(260, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 64.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.99, 45.17, -58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.99, 73.64, 307.83°)
OKLab	oklab(49.36% 0.0746 -0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(49.36% 0.182 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.0863, 10.6526, 48.7231)
Luminance	0.1065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 2.35

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B42BC #93BC42

analogous

#4256BC #6B42BC #A842BC

triadic

#6B42BC #BC6B42 #42BC6B

tetradic

#6B42BC #BC4256 #93BC42 #42BCA8

square

#6B42BC #BC4256 #93BC42 #42BCA8

split-complementary

#6B42BC #BCA842 #56BC42

monochromatic

#372261 #51328F #6B42BC #8E6FCC #B29CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#6B42BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#6B42BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B42BC

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B42BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B42BC	1.00	6.71	3.13	6.71
#FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#555F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b42bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.182 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b79d1',
    500: '#6b42bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b42bc;
$custom-light: #9b79d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b42bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.164,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49357,
    "c": 0.1821,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B42BC

secondary

#B6C991

accent

#D850AA

background

#FAF7FC

surface

#F3EDF9

border

#CDC8D2

text

#0F0914

muted

#7F7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B42BC

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

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