#6F42D6#6F42D6

#6F42D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.213 H 291.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6F42D6
RGB	rgb(111, 66, 214)
HSL	hsl(258, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(258, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 69.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.42, 53.01, -69.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.42, 87.23, 307.43°)
OKLab	oklab(51.83% 0.0764 -0.1986)
OKLCH	oklch(51.83% 0.213 291)
XYZ	xyz(20.6379, 12.1302, 64.8592)
Luminance	0.1213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6F42D6 #A9D642

analogous

#425FD6 #6F42D6 #B942D6

triadic

#6F42D6 #D66F42 #42D66F

tetradic

#6F42D6 #D6425F #A9D642 #42D6B9

square

#6F42D6 #D6425F #A9D642 #42D6B9

split-complementary

#6F42D6 #D6B942 #5FD642

monochromatic

#3B1C82 #5227B4 #6F42D6 #9574E1 #BCA7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#6F42D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#6F42D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6F42D6

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6F42D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6F42D6	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005ED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D6887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6f42d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(111, 66, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.213 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a17ae4',
    500: '#6f42d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6f42d6;
$custom-light: #a17ae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6f42d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 111,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.243,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5183,
    "c": 0.21285,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.12131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6F42D6

secondary

#C6D99B

accent

#E740B5

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFC

border

#CEC9D5

text

#100916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6F42D6

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

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