#6B42D2#6B42D2

#6B42D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.208 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B42D2
RGB	rgb(107, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(257, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(257, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.69, 51.23, -68.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.69, 85.29, 306.92°)
OKLab	oklab(51.12% 0.0715 -0.1956)
OKLCH	oklch(51.12% 0.208 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6411, 11.6746, 62.1788)
Luminance	0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B42D2 #A9D242

analogous

#4261D2 #6B42D2 #B342D2

triadic

#6B42D2 #D26B42 #42D26B

tetradic

#6B42D2 #D24261 #A9D242 #42D2B3

square

#6B42D2 #D24261 #A9D242 #42D2B3

split-complementary

#6B42D2 #D2B342 #61D242

monochromatic

#381E7C #4F29AD #6B42D2 #9273DE #B8A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#6B42D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#6B42D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B42D2

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B42D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B42D2	1.00	6.30	3.34	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#486785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.208 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e79e1',
    500: '#6b42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b42d2;
$custom-light: #9e79e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.083,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51115,
    "c": 0.20823,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B42D2

secondary

#C5D799

accent

#E543B7

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFB

border

#CEC9D4

text

#0F0915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B42D2

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

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