#7242E1#7242E1

#7242E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.225 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7242E1
RGB	rgb(114, 66, 225)
HSL	hsl(258, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(258, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 70.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.63, 56.49, -73.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.63, 92.77, 307.51°)
OKLab	oklab(53.04% 0.0786 -0.2112)
OKLCH	oklch(53.04% 0.225 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4744, 12.9092, 72.5271)
Luminance	0.1291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7242E1 #B1E142

analogous

#4262E1 #7242E1 #C142E1

triadic

#7242E1 #E17242 #42E172

tetradic

#7242E1 #E14262 #B1E142 #42E1C1

square

#7242E1 #E14262 #B1E142 #42E1C1

split-complementary

#7242E1 #E1C142 #62E142

monochromatic

#3C1792 #521FC6 #7242E1 #9977E9 #C1ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#7242E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#7242E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7242E1

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7242E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7242E1	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C6C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7242e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 66, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.225 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a47aec',
    500: '#7242e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7242e1;
$custom-light: #a47aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7242e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.113,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53036,
    "c": 0.22535,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7242E1

secondary

#CCE09F

accent

#EF38B8

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFD

border

#CEC9D5

text

#100916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #7242E1

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

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