#6C42E0#6C42E0

#6C42E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.224 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C42E0
RGB	rgb(108, 66, 224)
HSL	hsl(256, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(256, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 70.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.95, 55.27, -74.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.95, 92.49, 306.70°)
OKLab	oklab(52.39% 0.0704 -0.2131)
OKLCH	oklch(52.39% 0.224 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.5832, 12.4654, 71.7754)
Luminance	0.1247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C42E0 #B6E042

analogous

#4267E0 #6C42E0 #BB42E0

triadic

#6C42E0 #E06C42 #42E06C

tetradic

#6C42E0 #E04267 #B6E042 #42E0BB

square

#6C42E0 #E04267 #B6E042 #42E0BB

split-complementary

#6C42E0 #E0BB42 #67E042

monochromatic

#381890 #4C20C5 #6C42E0 #9577E9 #BEABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#6C42E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#6C42E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C42E0

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C42E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C42E0	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#406C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c42e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 66, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.224 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a17aeb',
    500: '#6c42e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c42e0;
$custom-light: #a17aeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c42e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.949,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52387,
    "c": 0.22438,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C42E0

secondary

#CEDF9F

accent

#EF39BE

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFD

border

#CEC9D5

text

#100916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C42E0

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

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