#6D40D5#6D40D5

#6D40D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.214 H 290.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D40D5
RGB	rgb(109, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(258, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(258, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.8%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.77, 53.42, -69.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.77, 87.88, 307.44°)
OKLab	oklab(51.29% 0.0756 -0.2002)
OKLCH	oklch(51.29% 0.214 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.1469, 11.7213, 64.1388)
Luminance	0.1172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D40D5 #A8D540

analogous

#405ED5 #6D40D5 #B840D5

triadic

#6D40D5 #D56D40 #40D56D

tetradic

#6D40D5 #D5405E #A8D540 #40D5B8

square

#6D40D5 #D5405E #A8D540 #40D5B8

split-complementary

#6D40D5 #D5B840 #5ED540

monochromatic

#3A1C7F #5127B1 #6D40D5 #9372E0 #BAA4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#6D40D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#6D40D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D40D5

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D40D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D40D5	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A6686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d40d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.214 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a078e3',
    500: '#6d40d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d40d5;
$custom-light: #a078e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d40d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.121,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51292,
    "c": 0.21398,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D40D5

secondary

#C5D899

accent

#E741B5

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFC

border

#CEC8D5

text

#100916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D40D5

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

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