#6F40D5#6F40D5

#6F40D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.214 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6F40D5
RGB	rgb(111, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(259, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(259, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.98, 53.76, -69.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.98, 87.81, 307.75°)
OKLab	oklab(51.49% 0.0784 -0.1991)
OKLCH	oklch(51.49% 0.214 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.3958, 11.8496, 64.1505)
Luminance	0.1185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6F40D5 #A6D540

analogous

#405CD5 #6F40D5 #B940D5

triadic

#6F40D5 #D56F40 #40D56F

tetradic

#6F40D5 #D5405C #A6D540 #40D5B9

square

#6F40D5 #D5405C #A6D540 #40D5B9

split-complementary

#6F40D5 #D5B940 #5CD540

monochromatic

#3B1C7F #5227B1 #6F40D5 #9572E0 #BBA4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#6F40D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#6F40D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6F40D5

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6F40D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6F40D5	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)

#0063D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E6686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6f40d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(111, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.214 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a179e3',
    500: '#6f40d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6f40d5;
$custom-light: #a179e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6f40d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 111,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.926,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51487,
    "c": 0.21398,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6F40D5

secondary

#C4D899

accent

#E741B3

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFC

border

#CEC9D5

text

#100916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6F40D5

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

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