#7242C2#7242C2

#7242C2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.190 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7242C2
RGB	rgb(114, 66, 194)
HSL	hsl(263, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(263, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 66%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.19, 48.19, -59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.19, 76.71, 308.92°)
OKLab	oklab(50.54% 0.0836 -0.1704)
OKLCH	oklch(50.54% 0.19 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.6227, 11.3685, 52.2416)
Luminance	0.1137 (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

#7242C2 #92C242

analogous

#4252C2 #7242C2 #B242C2

triadic

#7242C2 #C27242 #42C272

tetradic

#7242C2 #C24252 #92C242 #42C2B2

square

#7242C2 #C24252 #92C242 #42C2B2

split-complementary

#7242C2 #C2B242 #52C242

monochromatic

#3C2268 #573196 #7242C2 #9570D1 #B79FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#7242C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#7242C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7242C2

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7242C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7242C2	1.00	6.41	3.27	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D607C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7242c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 66, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.190 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a179d5',
    500: '#7242c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7242c2;
$custom-light: #a179d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7242c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50541,
    "c": 0.18977,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7242C2

secondary

#B7CC94

accent

#DB4DA6

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFA

border

#CEC9D3

text

#0F0914

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7242C2

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

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