#7242D7#7242D7

#7242D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.214 H 292.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7242D7
RGB	rgb(114, 66, 215)
HSL	hsl(259, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(259, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 69.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.81, 53.80, -69.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.81, 87.65, 307.86°)
OKLab	oklab(52.21% 0.0804 -0.1983)
OKLCH	oklch(52.21% 0.214 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1500, 12.3794, 65.5519)
Luminance	0.1238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7242D7 #A7D742

analogous

#425CD7 #7242D7 #BD42D7

triadic

#7242D7 #D77242 #42D772

tetradic

#7242D7 #D7425C #A7D742 #42D7BD

square

#7242D7 #D7425C #A7D742 #42D7BD

split-complementary

#7242D7 #D7BD42 #5CD742

monochromatic

#3D1C83 #5426B5 #7242D7 #9875E2 #BDA7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#7242D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#7242D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7242D7

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7242D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7242D7	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#536888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7242d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 66, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.214 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a37ae4',
    500: '#7242d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7242d7;
$custom-light: #a37ae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7242d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.329,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52206,
    "c": 0.21402,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7242D7

secondary

#C6DA9B

accent

#E840B2

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFC

border

#CEC9D5

text

#100916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #7242D7

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

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