#7438C7#7438C7

#7438C7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.208 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7438C7
RGB	rgb(116, 56, 199)
HSL	hsl(265, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(265, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 71.9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.01, 54.85, -64.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.01, 84.68, 310.37°)
OKLab	oklab(49.87% 0.0956 -0.1845)
OKLCH	oklch(49.87% 0.208 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.9228, 10.6645, 55.0832)
Luminance	0.1066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7438C7 #8BC738

analogous

#3844C7 #7438C7 #BB38C7

triadic

#7438C7 #C77438 #38C774

tetradic

#7438C7 #C73844 #8BC738 #38C7BB

square

#7438C7 #C73844 #8BC738 #38C7BB

split-complementary

#7438C7 #C7BB38 #44C738

monochromatic

#3C1D67 #582B97 #7438C7 #9568D4 #B798E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#7438C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#7438C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7438C7

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7438C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7438C7	1.00	6.70	3.13	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F5C7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7438c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 56, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.208 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a374d9',
    500: '#7438c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7438c7;
$custom-light: #a374d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7438c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.175,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49867,
    "c": 0.20777,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7438C7

secondary

#B3CD8D

accent

#DF48A0

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EDFB

border

#CEC8D4

text

#100815

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7438C7

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

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