#6E42C8#6E42C8

#6E42C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.197 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E42C8
RGB	rgb(110, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(260, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(260, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.21, 49.02, -63.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.21, 79.96, 307.82°)
OKLab	oklab(50.6% 0.0773 -0.1807)
OKLCH	oklch(50.6% 0.197 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.8011, 11.3810, 55.8385)
Luminance	0.1138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E42C8 #9CC842

analogous

#4259C8 #6E42C8 #B142C8

triadic

#6E42C8 #C86E42 #42C86E

tetradic

#6E42C8 #C84259 #9CC842 #42C8B1

square

#6E42C8 #C84259 #9CC842 #42C8B1

split-complementary

#6E42C8 #C8B142 #59C842

monochromatic

#3A206F #532E9F #6E42C8 #9271D6 #B7A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#6E42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#6E42C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E42C8

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E42C8	1.00	6.41	3.28	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54637F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.197 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f79da',
    500: '#6e42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e42c8;
$custom-light: #9f79da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.701,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50598,
    "c": 0.19654,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E42C8

secondary

#BDD096

accent

#DE4AAD

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFB

border

#CEC9D4

text

#0F0915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E42C8

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

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