#6B42CE#6B42CE

#6B42CE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.204 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B42CE
RGB	rgb(107, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(258, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(258, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.37, 50.13, -66.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.37, 83.19, 307.05°)
OKLab	oklab(50.79% 0.0722 -0.1903)
OKLCH	oklch(50.79% 0.204 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1490, 11.4777, 59.5870)
Luminance	0.1148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B42CE #A5CE42

analogous

#425FCE #6B42CE #B142CE

triadic

#6B42CE #CE6B42 #42CE6B

tetradic

#6B42CE #CE425F #A5CE42 #42CEB1

square

#6B42CE #CE425F #A5CE42 #42CEB1

split-complementary

#6B42CE #CEB142 #5FCE42

monochromatic

#391F77 #502BA7 #6B42CE #9173DB #B7A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#6B42CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#6B42CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B42CE

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B42CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B42CE	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B6583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b42ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.204 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e79de',
    500: '#6b42ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b42ce;
$custom-light: #9e79de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b42ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50786,
    "c": 0.20355,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B42CE

secondary

#C2D498

accent

#E246B4

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFB

border

#CEC9D4

text

#0F0915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B42CE

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

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