#6E42D3#6E42D3

#6E42D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.209 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E42D3
RGB	rgb(110, 66, 211)
HSL	hsl(258, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(258, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 68.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.08, 52.02, -68.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.08, 85.71, 307.37°)
OKLab	oklab(51.49% 0.0756 -0.1953)
OKLCH	oklch(51.49% 0.209 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1332, 11.9138, 62.8542)
Luminance	0.1192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E42D3 #A7D342

analogous

#425FD3 #6E42D3 #B742D3

triadic

#6E42D3 #D36E42 #42D36E

tetradic

#6E42D3 #D3425F #A7D342 #42D3B7

square

#6E42D3 #D3425F #A7D342 #42D3B7

split-complementary

#6E42D3 #D3B742 #5FD342

monochromatic

#3A1D7D #5229AF #6E42D3 #9474DF #BAA5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#6E42D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#6E42D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E42D3

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E42D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E42D3	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005ED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D6785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e42d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 66, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.209 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a07ae2',
    500: '#6e42d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e42d3;
$custom-light: #a07ae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e42d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.207,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51486,
    "c": 0.20939,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E42D3

secondary

#C4D79A

accent

#E542B4

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFC

border

#CEC9D5

text

#100915

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E42D3

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

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