#6C42D2#6C42D2

#6C42D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.208 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C42D2
RGB	rgb(108, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(258, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(258, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.79, 51.41, -68.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.79, 85.25, 307.08°)
OKLab	oklab(51.21% 0.0729 -0.195)
OKLCH	oklch(51.21% 0.208 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.7621, 11.7369, 62.1845)
Luminance	0.1174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C42D2 #A8D242

analogous

#4260D2 #6C42D2 #B442D2

triadic

#6C42D2 #D26C42 #42D26C

tetradic

#6C42D2 #D24260 #A8D242 #42D2B4

square

#6C42D2 #D24260 #A8D242 #42D2B4

split-complementary

#6C42D2 #D2B442 #60D242

monochromatic

#391E7C #5029AD #6C42D2 #9273DE #B9A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#6C42D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#6C42D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C42D2

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C42D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C42D2	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A6685

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.208 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f79e1',
    500: '#6c42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c42d2;
$custom-light: #9f79e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.5,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51211,
    "c": 0.20823,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C42D2

secondary

#C5D799

accent

#E543B6

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFB

border

#CEC9D4

text

#0F0915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C42D2

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

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