#7040E6#7040E6

#7040E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.233 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7040E6
RGB	rgb(112, 64, 230)
HSL	hsl(257, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(257, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 72.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.50, 58.51, -76.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.50, 96.43, 307.35°)
OKLab	oklab(53.03% 0.0764 -0.2202)
OKLCH	oklch(53.03% 0.233 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7943, 12.8237, 76.1217)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7040E6 #B6E640

analogous

#4063E6 #7040E6 #C340E6

triadic

#7040E6 #E67040 #40E670

tetradic

#7040E6 #E64063 #B6E640 #40E6C3

square

#7040E6 #E64063 #B6E640 #40E6C3

split-complementary

#7040E6 #E6C340 #63E640

monochromatic

#3A1498 #4F1BCE #7040E6 #9976ED #C1ACF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#7040E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#7040E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7040E6

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7040E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7040E6	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#446D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7040e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 64, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.233 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a479ef',
    500: '#7040e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7040e6;
$custom-light: #a479ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7040e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.349,
    "s": 76.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53026,
    "c": 0.2331,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7040E6

secondary

#CFE29F

accent

#F334BC

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFD

border

#CEC9D5

text

#100917

muted

#7F7B85

Preview Lab

Preview with #7040E6

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

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