#6C42BC#6C42BC

#6C42BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.182 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C42BC
RGB	rgb(108, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(261, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(261, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 64.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.10, 45.37, -57.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.10, 73.63, 308.04°)
OKLab	oklab(49.46% 0.076 -0.1656)
OKLCH	oklch(49.46% 0.182 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.2072, 10.7150, 48.7288)
Luminance	0.1071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 2.49

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C42BC #92BC42

analogous

#4255BC #6C42BC #A942BC

triadic

#6C42BC #BC6C42 #42BC6C

tetradic

#6C42BC #BC4255 #92BC42 #42BCA9

square

#6C42BC #BC4255 #92BC42 #42BCA9

split-complementary

#6C42BC #BCA942 #55BC42

monochromatic

#382261 #52328F #6C42BC #8F6FCC #B29CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#6C42BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#6C42BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C42BC

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C42BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C42BC	1.00	6.68	3.14	6.68
#FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#575E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c42bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.182 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c79d1',
    500: '#6c42bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c42bc;
$custom-light: #9c79d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c42bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.656,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49459,
    "c": 0.18217,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C42BC

secondary

#B5C991

accent

#D850A9

background

#FAF7FC

surface

#F3EDF9

border

#CDC8D2

text

#0F0914

muted

#7F7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C42BC

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

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