#6F40D4#6F40D4

#6F40D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.213 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6F40D4
RGB	rgb(111, 64, 212)
HSL	hsl(259, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(259, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.89, 53.49, -68.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.89, 87.29, 307.79°)
OKLab	oklab(51.4% 0.0786 -0.1978)
OKLCH	oklch(51.4% 0.213 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.2693, 11.7990, 63.4841)
Luminance	0.1180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6F40D4 #A5D440

analogous

#405BD4 #6F40D4 #B940D4

triadic

#6F40D4 #D46F40 #40D46F

tetradic

#6F40D4 #D4405B #A5D440 #40D4B9

square

#6F40D4 #D4405B #A5D440 #40D4B9

split-complementary

#6F40D4 #D4B940 #5BD440

monochromatic

#3B1C7D #5327AF #6F40D4 #9572DF #BAA4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#6F40D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#6F40D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6F40D4

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6F40D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6F40D4	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F6685

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6f40d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(111, 64, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.213 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a179e2',
    500: '#6f40d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6f40d4;
$custom-light: #a179e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6f40d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 111,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.054,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51404,
    "c": 0.21284,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6F40D4

secondary

#C3D798

accent

#E642B2

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFC

border

#CEC9D5

text

#100916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6F40D4

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

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