#6E42CA#6E42CA

#6E42CA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.199 H 292.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E42CA
RGB	rgb(110, 66, 202)
HSL	hsl(259, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(259, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 67.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.37, 49.57, -64.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.37, 81.01, 307.73°)
OKLab	oklab(50.76% 0.077 -0.1834)
OKLCH	oklch(50.76% 0.199 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.0363, 11.4751, 57.0776)
Luminance	0.1148 (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

#6E42CA #9ECA42

analogous

#425ACA #6E42CA #B242CA

triadic

#6E42CA #CA6E42 #42CA6E

tetradic

#6E42CA #CA425A #9ECA42 #42CAB2

square

#6E42CA #CA425A #9ECA42 #42CAB2

split-complementary

#6E42CA #CAB242 #5ACA42

monochromatic

#3A2072 #532DA2 #6E42CA #9372D7 #B7A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#6E42CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#6E42CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E42CA

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E42CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E42CA	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#536381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e42ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.199 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f79db',
    500: '#6e42ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e42ca;
$custom-light: #9f79db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e42ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.412,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50757,
    "c": 0.1989,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E42CA

secondary

#BED196

accent

#DF48AF

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFB

border

#CEC9D4

text

#0F0915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E42CA

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

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