#6F42C8#6F42C8

#6F42C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.197 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6F42C8
RGB	rgb(111, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(260, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(260, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.32, 49.21, -62.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.32, 79.93, 308.00°)
OKLab	oklab(50.7% 0.0787 -0.1802)
OKLCH	oklch(50.7% 0.197 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.9262, 11.4455, 55.8444)
Luminance	0.1145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6F42C8 #9BC842

analogous

#4258C8 #6F42C8 #B242C8

triadic

#6F42C8 #C86F42 #42C86F

tetradic

#6F42C8 #C84258 #9BC842 #42C8B2

square

#6F42C8 #C84258 #9BC842 #42C8B2

split-complementary

#6F42C8 #C8B242 #58C842

monochromatic

#3B206F #542E9F #6F42C8 #9371D6 #B7A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#6F42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#6F42C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6F42C8

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6F42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6F42C8	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56637F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6f42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(111, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.197 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f79da',
    500: '#6f42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6f42c8;
$custom-light: #9f79da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6f42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 111,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.149,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50699,
    "c": 0.19659,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6F42C8

secondary

#BDD096

accent

#DE4AAC

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFB

border

#CEC9D4

text

#0F0915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6F42C8

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

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