#6D42D0#6D42D0

#6D42D0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.206 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D42D0
RGB	rgb(109, 66, 208)
HSL	hsl(258, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(258, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 68.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.74, 51.03, -66.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.74, 84.18, 307.31°)
OKLab	oklab(51.14% 0.0746 -0.1919)
OKLCH	oklch(51.14% 0.206 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6368, 11.7010, 60.8861)
Luminance	0.1170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D42D0 #A5D042

analogous

#425ED0 #6D42D0 #B442D0

triadic

#6D42D0 #D06D42 #42D06D

tetradic

#6D42D0 #D0425E #A5D042 #42D0B4

square

#6D42D0 #D0425E #A5D042 #42D0B4

split-complementary

#6D42D0 #D0B442 #5ED042

monochromatic

#3A1E79 #512AAA #6D42D0 #9373DC #B9A4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#6D42D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#6D42D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D42D0

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D42D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D42D0	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D6684

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d42d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 66, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.206 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f79df',
    500: '#6d42d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d42d0;
$custom-light: #9f79df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d42d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.169,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51143,
    "c": 0.20589,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D42D0

secondary

#C3D599

accent

#E344B3

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFB

border

#CEC9D4

text

#0F0915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D42D0

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

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