#7240C6#7240C6

#7240C6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.197 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7240C6
RGB	rgb(114, 64, 198)
HSL	hsl(262, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(262, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 67.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.12, 50.29, -62.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.12, 79.94, 308.98°)
OKLab	oklab(50.58% 0.0852 -0.1776)
OKLCH	oklch(50.58% 0.197 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.9632, 11.3210, 54.6012)
Luminance	0.1132 (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

#7240C6 #94C640

analogous

#4051C6 #7240C6 #B540C6

triadic

#7240C6 #C67240 #40C672

tetradic

#7240C6 #C64051 #94C640 #40C6B5

square

#7240C6 #C64051 #94C640 #40C6B5

split-complementary

#7240C6 #C6B540 #51C640

monochromatic

#3C206C #572E9B #7240C6 #956FD4 #B89EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#7240C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#7240C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7240C6

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7240C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7240C6	1.00	6.43	3.26	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C607E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7240c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 64, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.197 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a178d8',
    500: '#7240c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7240c6;
$custom-light: #a178d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7240c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.388,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50579,
    "c": 0.19694,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7240C6

secondary

#B8CE93

accent

#DD4AA7

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EDFA

border

#CEC8D3

text

#100915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7240C6

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

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