#6C40D4#6C40D4

#6C40D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.213 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C40D4
RGB	rgb(108, 64, 212)
HSL	hsl(258, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(258, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.59, 52.99, -69.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.59, 87.40, 307.32°)
OKLab	oklab(51.11% 0.0744 -0.1994)
OKLCH	oklch(51.11% 0.213 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8980, 11.6076, 63.4667)
Luminance	0.1161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C40D4 #A8D440

analogous

#405ED4 #6C40D4 #B640D4

triadic

#6C40D4 #D46C40 #40D46C

tetradic

#6C40D4 #D4405E #A8D440 #40D4B6

square

#6C40D4 #D4405E #A8D440 #40D4B6

split-complementary

#6C40D4 #D4B640 #5ED440

monochromatic

#391C7D #5027AF #6C40D4 #9272DF #B9A4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#6C40D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#6C40D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C40D4

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C40D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C40D4	1.00	6.32	3.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#496685

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c40d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 64, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.213 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f78e2',
    500: '#6c40d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c40d4;
$custom-light: #9f78e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c40d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.838,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51111,
    "c": 0.21284,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C40D4

secondary

#C5D798

accent

#E642B5

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFC

border

#CEC8D5

text

#100916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C40D4

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

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