#6F42E1#6F42E1

#6F42E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.225 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6F42E1
RGB	rgb(111, 66, 225)
HSL	hsl(257, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(257, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 70.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.32, 56.01, -74.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.32, 92.88, 307.09°)
OKLab	oklab(52.75% 0.0744 -0.2128)
OKLCH	oklch(52.75% 0.225 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.0904, 12.7112, 72.5091)
Luminance	0.1271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6F42E1 #B4E142

analogous

#4265E1 #6F42E1 #BF42E1

triadic

#6F42E1 #E16F42 #42E16F

tetradic

#6F42E1 #E14265 #B4E142 #42E1BF

square

#6F42E1 #E14265 #B4E142 #42E1BF

split-complementary

#6F42E1 #E1BF42 #65E142

monochromatic

#3A1792 #4F1FC6 #6F42E1 #9777E9 #BFACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#6F42E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#6F42E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6F42E1

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6F42E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6F42E1	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#466C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6f42e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(111, 66, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.225 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a27aec',
    500: '#6f42e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6f42e1;
$custom-light: #a27aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6f42e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 111,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.981,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52751,
    "c": 0.2254,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6F42E1

secondary

#CDE09F

accent

#EF38BC

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFD

border

#CEC9D5

text

#100916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6F42E1

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

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