#6E38C6#6E38C6

#6E38C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.206 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#6E38C6
RGBrgb(110, 56, 198)
HSLhsl(263, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(263, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(44.4%, 71.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(38.23, 53.55, -65.23)
CIE-LCHlch(38.23, 84.39, 309.38°)
OKLaboklab(49.14% 0.0873 -0.1867)
OKLCHoklch(49.14% 0.206 295)
XYZxyz(18.0349, 10.2201, 54.4376)
Luminance0.1022 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#6E38C6 #90C638
analogous
#3849C6 #6E38C6 #B538C6
triadic
#6E38C6 #C66E38 #38C66E
tetradic
#6E38C6 #C63849 #90C638 #38C6B5
square
#6E38C6 #C63849 #90C638 #38C6B5
split-complementary
#6E38C6 #C6B538 #49C638
monochromatic
#391D67 #532B96 #6E38C6 #9167D4 #B397E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.90
#6E38C6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04
#6E38C6 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E38C6
6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##6E38C6#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##6E38C61.006.903.046.90
#FFFFFF6.901.0021.001.00
#0000003.0421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.901.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#005BCA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0058C3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#555C7B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #6e38c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 56, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.206 295.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f73d8',
    500: '#6e38c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #6e38c6;
$custom-light: #9f73d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#6e38c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.817,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49136,
    "c": 0.20613,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.10221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#6E38C6
secondary
#B5CD8D
accent
#DF49A6
background
#FAF7FD
surface
#F4EDFB
border
#CEC8D4
text
#0F0815
muted
#7F7B83

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#6E38C6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva