#6F42D3#6F42D3

#6F42D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.209 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6F42D3
RGB	rgb(111, 66, 211)
HSL	hsl(259, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(259, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 68.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.18, 52.20, -67.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.18, 85.68, 307.53°)
OKLab	oklab(51.58% 0.077 -0.1947)
OKLCH	oklch(51.58% 0.209 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.2583, 11.9784, 62.8600)
Luminance	0.1198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6F42D3 #A6D342

analogous

#425ED3 #6F42D3 #B842D3

triadic

#6F42D3 #D36F42 #42D36F

tetradic

#6F42D3 #D3425E #A6D342 #42D3B8

square

#6F42D3 #D3425E #A6D342 #42D3B8

split-complementary

#6F42D3 #D3B842 #5ED342

monochromatic

#3B1D7D #5229AF #6F42D3 #9574DF #BBA5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#6F42D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#6F42D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6F42D3

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6F42D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6F42D3	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005ED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F6785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6f42d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(111, 66, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.209 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a17ae2',
    500: '#6f42d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6f42d3;
$custom-light: #a17ae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6f42d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 111,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.621,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51584,
    "c": 0.20939,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6F42D3

secondary

#C4D79A

accent

#E542B3

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFC

border

#CEC9D5

text

#100915

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6F42D3

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

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