#6E42D2#6E42D2

#6E42D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.208 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E42D2
RGB	rgb(110, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(258, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(258, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.00, 51.75, -67.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.00, 85.19, 307.41°)
OKLab	oklab(51.4% 0.0757 -0.194)
OKLCH	oklch(51.4% 0.208 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0082, 11.8638, 62.1960)
Luminance	0.1187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E42D2 #A6D242

analogous

#425ED2 #6E42D2 #B642D2

triadic

#6E42D2 #D26E42 #42D26E

tetradic

#6E42D2 #D2425E #A6D242 #42D2B6

square

#6E42D2 #D2425E #A6D242 #42D2B6

split-complementary

#6E42D2 #D2B642 #5ED242

monochromatic

#3A1E7C #5229AD #6E42D2 #9473DE #BAA5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#6E42D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#6E42D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E42D2

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E42D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E42D2	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005ECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E6685

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.208 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a07ae1',
    500: '#6e42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e42d2;
$custom-light: #a07ae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.333,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51404,
    "c": 0.20823,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E42D2

secondary

#C4D799

accent

#E543B3

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFB

border

#CEC9D4

text

#100915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E42D2

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