#6E40D3#6E40D3

#6E40D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.212 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E40D3
RGB	rgb(110, 64, 211)
HSL	hsl(259, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(259, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 69.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.71, 53.05, -68.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.71, 86.81, 307.67°)
OKLab	oklab(51.22% 0.0774 -0.197)
OKLCH	oklch(51.22% 0.212 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.0184, 11.6842, 62.8159)
Luminance	0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E40D3 #A5D340

analogous

#405CD3 #6E40D3 #B840D3

triadic

#6E40D3 #D36E40 #40D36E

tetradic

#6E40D3 #D3405C #A5D340 #40D3B8

square

#6E40D3 #D3405C #A5D340 #40D3B8

split-complementary

#6E40D3 #D3B840 #5CD340

monochromatic

#3A1D7C #5228AE #6E40D3 #9472DE #BAA3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#6E40D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#6E40D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E40D3

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E40D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E40D3	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E6685

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e40d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 64, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.212 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a078e2',
    500: '#6e40d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e40d3;
$custom-light: #a078e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e40d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.776,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51223,
    "c": 0.2117,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E40D3

secondary

#C3D798

accent

#E642B2

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFC

border

#CEC8D5

text

#100915

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E40D3

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

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