#6D42E1#6D42E1

#6D42E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.225 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D42E1
RGB	rgb(109, 66, 225)
HSL	hsl(256, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(256, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 70.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.13, 55.70, -74.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.13, 92.96, 306.81°)
OKLab	oklab(52.57% 0.0716 -0.2138)
OKLCH	oklch(52.57% 0.225 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8415, 12.5829, 72.4974)
Luminance	0.1258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D42E1 #B6E142

analogous

#4267E1 #6D42E1 #BC42E1

triadic

#6D42E1 #E16D42 #42E16D

tetradic

#6D42E1 #E14267 #B6E142 #42E1BC

square

#6D42E1 #E14267 #B6E142 #42E1BC

split-complementary

#6D42E1 #E1BC42 #67E142

monochromatic

#381792 #4D1FC6 #6D42E1 #9677E9 #BFACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#6D42E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#6D42E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D42E1

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D42E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D42E1	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#416C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d42e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 66, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.225 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a17aec',
    500: '#6d42e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d42e1;
$custom-light: #a17aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d42e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.226,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52565,
    "c": 0.22548,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D42E1

secondary

#CEE09F

accent

#EF38BE

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFD

border

#CEC9D5

text

#100916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D42E1

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

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