#6E40D4#6E40D4

#6E40D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.213 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E40D4
RGB	rgb(110, 64, 212)
HSL	hsl(259, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(259, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.79, 53.32, -69.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.79, 87.33, 307.63°)
OKLab	oklab(51.31% 0.0772 -0.1983)
OKLCH	oklch(51.31% 0.213 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.1441, 11.7345, 63.4782)
Luminance	0.1173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E40D4 #A6D440

analogous

#405CD4 #6E40D4 #B840D4

triadic

#6E40D4 #D46E40 #40D46E

tetradic

#6E40D4 #D4405C #A6D440 #40D4B8

square

#6E40D4 #D4405C #A6D440 #40D4B8

split-complementary

#6E40D4 #D4B840 #5CD440

monochromatic

#3A1C7D #5227AF #6E40D4 #9472DF #BAA4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#6E40D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#6E40D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E40D4

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E40D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E40D4	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D6685

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e40d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 64, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.213 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a078e2',
    500: '#6e40d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e40d4;
$custom-light: #a078e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e40d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.649,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51306,
    "c": 0.21284,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E40D4

secondary

#C4D798

accent

#E642B3

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFC

border

#CEC8D5

text

#100916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E40D4

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

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