#6B42E2#6B42E2

#6B42E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.227 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B42E2
RGB	rgb(107, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(255, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(255, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.02, 55.68, -75.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.02, 93.55, 306.52°)
OKLab	oklab(52.47% 0.0686 -0.2161)
OKLCH	oklch(52.47% 0.227 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.7350, 12.5121, 73.2066)
Luminance	0.1251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B42E2 #B9E242

analogous

#4269E2 #6B42E2 #BB42E2

triadic

#6B42E2 #E26B42 #42E26B

tetradic

#6B42E2 #E24269 #B9E242 #42E2BB

square

#6B42E2 #E24269 #B9E242 #42E2BB

split-complementary

#6B42E2 #E2BB42 #69E242

monochromatic

#361793 #4A1FC8 #6B42E2 #9577EA #BEACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#6B42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#6B42E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B42E2

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B42E2	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)

#0067E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B6C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.227 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a07aec',
    500: '#6b42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b42e2;
$custom-light: #a07aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.375,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52467,
    "c": 0.22672,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B42E2

secondary

#D0E09F

accent

#F038C1

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFD

border

#CEC9D5

text

#100916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B42E2

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

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