#6E51E5#6E51E5

#6E51E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.213 H 286.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E51E5
RGB	rgb(110, 81, 229)
HSL	hsl(252, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(252, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 64.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.44, 49.06, -71.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.44, 86.54, 304.54°)
OKLab	oklab(55.06% 0.059 -0.2046)
OKLCH	oklch(55.06% 0.213 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5115, 14.8558, 75.7421)
Luminance	0.1486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E51E5 #C8E551

analogous

#517EE5 #6E51E5 #B851E5

triadic

#6E51E5 #E56E51 #51E56E

tetradic

#6E51E5 #E5517E #C8E551 #51E5B8

square

#6E51E5 #E5517E #C8E551 #51E5B8

split-complementary

#6E51E5 #E5B851 #7EE551

monochromatic

#3418A3 #4420D8 #6E51E5 #9A86ED #C7BBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#6E51E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#6E51E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E51E5

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E51E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E51E5	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F7694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e51e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 81, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.213 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a184ee',
    500: '#6e51e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e51e5;
$custom-light: #a184ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e51e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.757,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55058,
    "c": 0.21294,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E51E5

secondary

#DAE5AD

accent

#D60FAF

background

#FAF8FE

surface

#F4EFFD

border

#CECAD5

text

#100B17

muted

#7F7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E51E5

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

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