#7240C5#7240C5

#7240C5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.196 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7240C5
RGB	rgb(114, 64, 197)
HSL	hsl(263, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(263, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 67.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.04, 50.02, -61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.04, 79.42, 309.04°)
OKLab	oklab(50.5% 0.0853 -0.1762)
OKLCH	oklch(50.5% 0.196 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.8482, 11.2750, 53.9957)
Luminance	0.1128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7240C5 #93C540

analogous

#4050C5 #7240C5 #B440C5

triadic

#7240C5 #C57240 #40C572

tetradic

#7240C5 #C54050 #93C540 #40C5B4

square

#7240C5 #C54050 #93C540 #40C5B4

split-complementary

#7240C5 #C5B440 #50C540

monochromatic

#3C206A #572F99 #7240C5 #956FD3 #B79EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#7240C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#7240C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7240C5

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7240C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7240C5	1.00	6.45	3.26	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C607D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7240c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 64, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.196 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a178d7',
    500: '#7240c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7240c5;
$custom-light: #a178d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7240c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.556,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50501,
    "c": 0.1958,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7240C5

secondary

#B8CE93

accent

#DD4BA6

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EDFA

border

#CEC8D3

text

#100915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7240C5

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

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