#6E40C4#6E40C4

#6E40C4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.194 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E40C4
RGB	rgb(110, 64, 196)
HSL	hsl(261, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(261, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 67.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.52, 48.99, -61.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.52, 78.99, 308.33°)
OKLab	oklab(50.01% 0.0799 -0.1772)
OKLCH	oklch(50.01% 0.194 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.2249, 10.9668, 53.3704)
Luminance	0.1097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E40C4 #96C440

analogous

#4054C4 #6E40C4 #B040C4

triadic

#6E40C4 #C46E40 #40C46E

tetradic

#6E40C4 #C44054 #96C440 #40C4B0

square

#6E40C4 #C44054 #96C440 #40C4B0

split-complementary

#6E40C4 #C4B040 #54C440

monochromatic

#3A2069 #532F98 #6E40C4 #916FD2 #B59EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.58

#6E40C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#6E40C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E40C4

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E40C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E40C4	1.00	6.58	3.19	6.58
#FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56607D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e40c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 64, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.194 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e78d7',
    500: '#6e40c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e40c4;
$custom-light: #9e78d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e40c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.909,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50006,
    "c": 0.19435,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E40C4

secondary

#B9CD93

accent

#DC4CAA

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EDFA

border

#CEC8D3

text

#0F0914

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E40C4

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

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