#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
RGB	rgb(108, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(257, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(257, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.00, 54.36, -71.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.00, 89.98, 307.17°)
OKLab	oklab(51.53% 0.0734 -0.2059)
OKLCH	oklch(51.53% 0.219 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.5385, 11.8638, 66.8399)
Luminance	0.1187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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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
##6C40D9	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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