#6C42E2#6C42E2

#6C42E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.227 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C42E2
RGB	rgb(108, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(256, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(256, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.12, 55.83, -75.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.12, 93.51, 306.66°)
OKLab	oklab(52.56% 0.07 -0.2156)
OKLCH	oklch(52.56% 0.227 288)
XYZ	xyz(21.8560, 12.5745, 73.2122)
Luminance	0.1258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C42E2 #B8E242

analogous

#4268E2 #6C42E2 #BC42E2

triadic

#6C42E2 #E26C42 #42E26C

tetradic

#6C42E2 #E24268 #B8E242 #42E2BC

square

#6C42E2 #E24268 #B8E242 #42E2BC

split-complementary

#6C42E2 #E2BC42 #68E242

monochromatic

#371793 #4B1FC8 #6C42E2 #9577EA #BFACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#6C42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#6C42E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C42E2

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C42E2	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E6C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.227 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a17aec',
    500: '#6c42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c42e2;
$custom-light: #a17aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.75,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52559,
    "c": 0.22666,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.12576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C42E2

secondary

#CFE09F

accent

#F038C0

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFD

border

#CEC9D5

text

#100916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C42E2

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

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