#6F42D2#6F42D2

#6F42D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.208 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6F42D2
RGB	rgb(111, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(259, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(259, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.10, 51.93, -67.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.10, 85.16, 307.57°)
OKLab	oklab(51.5% 0.0771 -0.1934)
OKLCH	oklch(51.5% 0.208 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.1334, 11.9284, 62.2019)
Luminance	0.1193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6F42D2 #A5D242

analogous

#425DD2 #6F42D2 #B742D2

triadic

#6F42D2 #D26F42 #42D26F

tetradic

#6F42D2 #D2425D #A5D242 #42D2B7

square

#6F42D2 #D2425D #A5D242 #42D2B7

split-complementary

#6F42D2 #D2B742 #5DD242

monochromatic

#3B1E7C #5329AD #6F42D2 #9573DE #BAA5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#6F42D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#6F42D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6F42D2

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6F42D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6F42D2	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005ECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#506685

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6f42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(111, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.208 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a17ae1',
    500: '#6f42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6f42d2;
$custom-light: #a17ae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6f42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 111,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51502,
    "c": 0.20823,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6F42D2

secondary

#C3D799

accent

#E543B2

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFB

border

#CEC9D4

text

#100915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6F42D2

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

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