#6E40D9#6E40D9

#6E40D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.219 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E40D9
RGB	rgb(110, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(258, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(258, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.20, 54.68, -71.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.20, 89.90, 307.46°)
OKLab	oklab(51.73% 0.0763 -0.2048)
OKLCH	oklch(51.73% 0.219 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.7846, 11.9907, 66.8515)
Luminance	0.1199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E40D9 #ABD940

analogous

#405FD9 #6E40D9 #BA40D9

triadic

#6E40D9 #D96E40 #40D96E

tetradic

#6E40D9 #D9405F #ABD940 #40D9BA

square

#6E40D9 #D9405F #ABD940 #40D9BA

split-complementary

#6E40D9 #D9BA40 #5FD940

monochromatic

#3A1A84 #5124B7 #6E40D9 #9573E3 #BCA6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#6E40D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#6E40D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E40D9

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E40D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E40D9	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005ED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A6888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e40d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.219 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a179e6',
    500: '#6e40d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e40d9;
$custom-light: #a179e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e40d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.039,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51725,
    "c": 0.21854,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E40D9

secondary

#C7DA9A

accent

#EA3EB6

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFC

border

#CEC9D5

text

#100916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E40D9

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

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