#6F51E5#6F51E5

#6F51E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.213 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6F51E5
RGB	rgb(111, 81, 229)
HSL	hsl(252, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(252, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 64.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.52, 49.23, -71.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.52, 86.51, 304.69°)
OKLab	oklab(55.14% 0.0603 -0.2041)
OKLCH	oklch(55.14% 0.213 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6366, 14.9203, 75.7480)
Luminance	0.1492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6F51E5 #C7E551

analogous

#517DE5 #6F51E5 #B951E5

triadic

#6F51E5 #E56F51 #51E56F

tetradic

#6F51E5 #E5517D #C7E551 #51E5B9

square

#6F51E5 #E5517D #C7E551 #51E5B9

split-complementary

#6F51E5 #E5B951 #7DE551

monochromatic

#3518A3 #4620D8 #6F51E5 #9B86ED #C7BBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#6F51E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#6F51E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6F51E5

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6F51E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6F51E5	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#417694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6f51e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(111, 81, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.213 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a284ee',
    500: '#6f51e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6f51e5;
$custom-light: #a284ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6f51e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 111,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.162,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55144,
    "c": 0.21286,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6F51E5

secondary

#DAE5AD

accent

#D60FAE

background

#FAF8FE

surface

#F4EFFD

border

#CECAD5

text

#100B16

muted

#7F7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6F51E5

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

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