#6F42CB#6F42CB

#6F42CB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.200 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6F42CB
RGB	rgb(111, 66, 203)
HSL	hsl(260, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(260, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 67.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.55, 50.02, -64.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.55, 81.51, 307.86°)
OKLab	oklab(50.94% 0.0782 -0.1842)
OKLCH	oklch(50.94% 0.2 293)
XYZ	xyz(19.2803, 11.5871, 57.7090)
Luminance	0.1159 (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

#6F42CB #9ECB42

analogous

#425ACB #6F42CB #B342CB

triadic

#6F42CB #CB6F42 #42CB6F

tetradic

#6F42CB #CB425A #9ECB42 #42CBB3

square

#6F42CB #CB425A #9ECB42 #42CBB3

split-complementary

#6F42CB #CBB342 #5ACB42

monochromatic

#3B2073 #542DA3 #6F42CB #9472D8 #B8A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#6F42CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#6F42CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6F42CB

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6F42CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6F42CB	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#546481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6f42cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(111, 66, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.200 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a079dc',
    500: '#6f42cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6f42cb;
$custom-light: #a079dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6f42cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 111,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.708,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50937,
    "c": 0.2001,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.11588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6F42CB

secondary

#BFD297

accent

#E048AE

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFB

border

#CEC9D4

text

#0F0915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6F42CB

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

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