#6D42B2#6D42B2

#6D42B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.170 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D42B2
RGB	rgb(109, 66, 178)
HSL	hsl(263, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(263, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 62.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.48, 42.88, -53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.48, 68.24, 308.93°)
OKLab	oklab(48.81% 0.0782 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(48.81% 0.17 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.2887, 10.3617, 43.2527)
Luminance	0.1036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D42B2 #87B242

analogous

#424FB2 #6D42B2 #A542B2

triadic

#6D42B2 #B26D42 #42B26D

tetradic

#6D42B2 #B2424F #87B242 #42B2A5

square

#6D42B2 #B2424F #87B242 #42B2A5

split-complementary

#6D42B2 #B2A542 #4FB242

monochromatic

#362159 #523185 #6D42B2 #8E6AC8 #B096D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#6D42B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#6D42B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D42B2

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D42B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D42B2	1.00	6.84	3.07	6.84
#FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0559B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C5B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d42b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 66, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.170 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c79ca',
    500: '#6d42b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d42b2;
$custom-light: #9c79ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d42b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.036,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48813,
    "c": 0.17017,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D42B2

secondary

#AEC48C

accent

#D652A3

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF8

border

#CCC8D1

text

#0F0913

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D42B2

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

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