#6C42D3#6C42D3

#6C42D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.209 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C42D3
RGB	rgb(108, 66, 211)
HSL	hsl(257, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(257, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.8%, 68.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.88, 51.68, -68.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.88, 85.78, 307.05°)
OKLab	oklab(51.29% 0.0728 -0.1963)
OKLCH	oklch(51.29% 0.209 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8871, 11.7869, 62.8426)
Luminance	0.1179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C42D3 #A9D342

analogous

#4261D3 #6C42D3 #B442D3

triadic

#6C42D3 #D36C42 #42D36C

tetradic

#6C42D3 #D34261 #A9D342 #42D3B4

square

#6C42D3 #D34261 #A9D342 #42D3B4

split-complementary

#6C42D3 #D3B442 #61D342

monochromatic

#391D7D #5029AF #6C42D3 #9374DF #B9A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#6C42D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#6C42D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C42D3

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C42D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C42D3	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A6785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c42d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 66, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.209 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f79e2',
    500: '#6c42d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c42d3;
$custom-light: #9f79e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c42d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.379,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51293,
    "c": 0.20939,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C42D3

secondary

#C5D79A

accent

#E542B6

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFC

border

#CEC9D5

text

#100915

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C42D3

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

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