#6D42E3#6D42E3

#6D42E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.228 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D42E3
RGB	rgb(109, 66, 227)
HSL	hsl(256, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(256, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 70.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.30, 56.26, -75.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.30, 93.98, 306.77°)
OKLab	oklab(52.74% 0.0712 -0.2163)
OKLCH	oklch(52.74% 0.228 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.1159, 12.6926, 73.9427)
Luminance	0.1269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D42E3 #B8E342

analogous

#4267E3 #6D42E3 #BE42E3

triadic

#6D42E3 #E36D42 #42E36D

tetradic

#6D42E3 #E34267 #B8E342 #42E3BE

square

#6D42E3 #E34267 #B8E342 #42E3BE

split-complementary

#6D42E3 #E3BE42 #67E342

monochromatic

#381695 #4C1ECA #6D42E3 #9677EB #BFADF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#6D42E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#6D42E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D42E3

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D42E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D42E3	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#406D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d42e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 66, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.228 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a27aed',
    500: '#6d42e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d42e3;
$custom-light: #a27aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d42e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.025,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52736,
    "c": 0.22774,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D42E3

secondary

#D0E1A0

accent

#F137BF

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFD

border

#CEC9D5

text

#100916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D42E3

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

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