#6C42E3#6C42E3

#6C42E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.228 H 287.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C42E3
RGB	rgb(108, 66, 227)
HSL	hsl(256, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(256, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 70.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.20, 56.10, -75.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.20, 94.02, 306.64°)
OKLab	oklab(52.65% 0.0698 -0.2168)
OKLCH	oklch(52.65% 0.228 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9936, 12.6295, 73.9370)
Luminance	0.1263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C42E3 #B9E342

analogous

#4269E3 #6C42E3 #BC42E3

triadic

#6C42E3 #E36C42 #42E36C

tetradic

#6C42E3 #E34269 #B9E342 #42E3BC

square

#6C42E3 #E34269 #B9E342 #42E3BC

split-complementary

#6C42E3 #E3BC42 #69E342

monochromatic

#371695 #4B1ECA #6C42E3 #9577EB #BFADF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#6C42E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#6C42E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C42E3

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C42E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C42E3	1.00	5.96	3.53	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D6D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c42e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 66, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.228 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a17aed',
    500: '#6c42e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c42e3;
$custom-light: #a17aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c42e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.652,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52645,
    "c": 0.22779,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C42E3

secondary

#D0E1A0

accent

#F137C0

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFD

border

#CEC9D5

text

#100916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C42E3

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

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