#6E40C8#6E40C8

#6E40C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.199 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#6E40C8
RGBrgb(110, 64, 200)
HSLhsl(260, 55%, 52%)
HSVhsv(260, 68%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(45%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(39.83, 50.07, -63.78)
CIE-LCHlch(39.83, 81.09, 308.13°)
OKLaboklab(50.33% 0.0793 -0.1825)
OKLCHoklch(50.33% 0.199 293.5)
XYZxyz(18.6863, 11.1514, 55.8003)
Luminance0.1115 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#6E40C8 #9AC840
analogous
#4056C8 #6E40C8 #B240C8
triadic
#6E40C8 #C86E40 #40C86E
tetradic
#6E40C8 #C84056 #9AC840 #40C8B2
square
#6E40C8 #C84056 #9AC840 #40C8B2
split-complementary
#6E40C8 #C8B240 #56C840
monochromatic
#3A206E #532D9D #6E40C8 #9270D6 #B69FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.50
#6E40C8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23
#6E40C8 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E40C8
6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##6E40C8#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##6E40C81.006.503.236.50
#FFFFFF6.501.0021.001.00
#0000003.2321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.501.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#005FCC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#005BC5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#54617F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #6e40c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.199 293.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f78da',
    500: '#6e40c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #6e40c8;
$custom-light: #9f78da;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#6e40c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.294,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50325,
    "c": 0.19901,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#6E40C8
secondary
#BCD094
accent
#DF49AC
background
#FAF7FD
surface
#F4EDFB
border
#CEC8D4
text
#0F0915
muted
#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E40C8

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#6E40C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva