#6D42C8#6D42C8

#6D42C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.197 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D42C8
RGB	rgb(109, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(259, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(259, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.11, 48.84, -63.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.11, 79.98, 307.63°)
OKLab	oklab(50.5% 0.0759 -0.1813)
OKLCH	oklch(50.5% 0.197 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.6773, 11.3172, 55.8327)
Luminance	0.1132 (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

#6D42C8 #9DC842

analogous

#425AC8 #6D42C8 #B042C8

triadic

#6D42C8 #C86D42 #42C86D

tetradic

#6D42C8 #C8425A #9DC842 #42C8B0

square

#6D42C8 #C8425A #9DC842 #42C8B0

split-complementary

#6D42C8 #C8B042 #5AC842

monochromatic

#3A206F #522E9F #6D42C8 #9271D6 #B6A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#6D42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#6D42C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D42C8

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D42C8	1.00	6.43	3.26	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52637F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.197 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e79da',
    500: '#6d42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d42c8;
$custom-light: #9e79da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.254,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50498,
    "c": 0.19652,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D42C8

secondary

#BDD096

accent

#DE4AAF

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFB

border

#CEC9D4

text

#0F0915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D42C8

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

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