#6C40D9#6C40D9

#6C40D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.219 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#6C40D9
RGBrgb(108, 64, 217)
HSLhsl(257, 67%, 55%)
HSVhsv(257, 71%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(50.2%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(41.00, 54.36, -71.70)
CIE-LCHlch(41.00, 89.98, 307.17°)
OKLaboklab(51.53% 0.0734 -0.2059)
OKLCHoklch(51.53% 0.219 289.6)
XYZxyz(20.5385, 11.8638, 66.8399)
Luminance0.1187 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#6C40D9 #ADD940
analogous
#4060D9 #6C40D9 #B940D9
triadic
#6C40D9 #D96C40 #40D96C
tetradic
#6C40D9 #D94060 #ADD940 #40D9B9
square
#6C40D9 #D94060 #ADD940 #40D9B9
split-complementary
#6C40D9 #D9B940 #60D940
monochromatic
#391A84 #4F24B7 #6C40D9 #9373E3 #BBA6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23
#6C40D9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37
#6C40D9 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C40D9
6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##6C40D9#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##6C40D91.006.233.376.23
#FFFFFF6.231.0021.001.00
#0000003.3721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.231.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0064DE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#005DD6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#456888
Achromatopsia (no color)
#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #6c40d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.219 289.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a078e6',
    500: '#6c40d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #6c40d9;
$custom-light: #a078e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#6c40d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.255,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51533,
    "c": 0.21857,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#6C40D9
secondary
#C8DA9A
accent
#EA3EB8
background
#FAF7FE
surface
#F4EEFC
border
#CEC9D5
text
#100916
muted
#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C40D9

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#6C40D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva