#6E42E2#6E42E2

#6E42E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.227 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E42E2
RGB	rgb(110, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(257, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(257, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.31, 56.13, -74.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.31, 93.43, 306.93°)
OKLab	oklab(52.74% 0.0728 -0.2146)
OKLCH	oklch(52.74% 0.227 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1021, 12.7014, 73.2238)
Luminance	0.1270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E42E2 #B6E242

analogous

#4266E2 #6E42E2 #BE42E2

triadic

#6E42E2 #E26E42 #42E26E

tetradic

#6E42E2 #E24266 #B6E242 #42E2BE

square

#6E42E2 #E24266 #B6E242 #42E2BE

split-complementary

#6E42E2 #E2BE42 #66E242

monochromatic

#391793 #4D1FC8 #6E42E2 #9777EA #BFACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#6E42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#6E42E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E42E2

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E42E2	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#436C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.227 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a27aec',
    500: '#6e42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e42e2;
$custom-light: #a27aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.5,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52743,
    "c": 0.22657,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E42E2

secondary

#CEE09F

accent

#F038BD

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFD

border

#CEC9D5

text

#100916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E42E2

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

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