#6F42D7#6F42D7

#6F42D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.214 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6F42D7
RGB	rgb(111, 66, 215)
HSL	hsl(258, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(258, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 69.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.50, 53.29, -69.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.50, 87.75, 307.39°)
OKLab	oklab(51.91% 0.0763 -0.1999)
OKLCH	oklch(51.91% 0.214 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.7660, 12.1814, 65.5339)
Luminance	0.1218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6F42D7 #AAD742

analogous

#425FD7 #6F42D7 #BA42D7

triadic

#6F42D7 #D76F42 #42D76F

tetradic

#6F42D7 #D7425F #AAD742 #42D7BA

square

#6F42D7 #D7425F #AAD742 #42D7BA

split-complementary

#6F42D7 #D7BA42 #5FD742

monochromatic

#3B1C83 #5226B5 #6F42D7 #9575E2 #BCA7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#6F42D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#6F42D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6F42D7

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6F42D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6F42D7	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D6888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6f42d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(111, 66, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.214 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a17ae4',
    500: '#6f42d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6f42d7;
$custom-light: #a17ae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6f42d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 111,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.121,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51913,
    "c": 0.214,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6F42D7

secondary

#C7DA9B

accent

#E840B5

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFC

border

#CEC9D5

text

#100916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6F42D7

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

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