#6E40D5#6E40D5

#6E40D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.214 H 291.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E40D5
RGB	rgb(110, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(259, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(259, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.87, 53.59, -69.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.87, 87.84, 307.59°)
OKLab	oklab(51.39% 0.077 -0.1996)
OKLCH	oklch(51.39% 0.214 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2706, 11.7851, 64.1446)
Luminance	0.1179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E40D5 #A7D540

analogous

#405DD5 #6E40D5 #B840D5

triadic

#6E40D5 #D56E40 #40D56E

tetradic

#6E40D5 #D5405D #A7D540 #40D5B8

square

#6E40D5 #D5405D #A7D540 #40D5B8

split-complementary

#6E40D5 #D5B840 #5DD540

monochromatic

#3A1C7F #5227B1 #6E40D5 #9472E0 #BAA4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#6E40D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#6E40D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E40D5

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E40D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E40D5	1.00	6.26	3.36	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C6686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e40d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.214 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a078e3',
    500: '#6e40d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e40d5;
$custom-light: #a078e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e40d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.523,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51389,
    "c": 0.21399,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E40D5

secondary

#C4D899

accent

#E741B4

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFC

border

#CEC9D5

text

#100916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E40D5

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

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