#6D42D3#6D42D3

#6D42D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.209 H 290.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D42D3
RGB	rgb(109, 66, 211)
HSL	hsl(258, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(258, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 68.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.98, 51.85, -68.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.98, 85.74, 307.21°)
OKLab	oklab(51.39% 0.0742 -0.1958)
OKLCH	oklch(51.39% 0.209 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0094, 11.8500, 62.8484)
Luminance	0.1185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D42D3 #A8D342

analogous

#4260D3 #6D42D3 #B642D3

triadic

#6D42D3 #D36D42 #42D36D

tetradic

#6D42D3 #D34260 #A8D342 #42D3B6

square

#6D42D3 #D34260 #A8D342 #42D3B6

split-complementary

#6D42D3 #D3B642 #60D342

monochromatic

#3A1D7D #5129AF #6D42D3 #9374DF #BAA5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#6D42D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#6D42D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D42D3

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D42D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D42D3	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C6785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d42d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 66, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.209 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f7ae2',
    500: '#6d42d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d42d3;
$custom-light: #9f7ae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d42d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.793,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51389,
    "c": 0.20938,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D42D3

secondary

#C5D79A

accent

#E542B5

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFC

border

#CEC9D5

text

#100915

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D42D3

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

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