#7838C6#7838C6

#7838C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.207 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7838C6
RGB	rgb(120, 56, 198)
HSL	hsl(267, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(267, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 71.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.41, 55.31, -63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.41, 84.03, 311.16°)
OKLab	oklab(50.23% 0.1015 -0.1806)
OKLCH	oklch(50.23% 0.207 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.3504, 10.8984, 54.4993)
Luminance	0.1090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7838C6 #86C638

analogous

#383FC6 #7838C6 #BF38C6

triadic

#7838C6 #C67838 #38C678

tetradic

#7838C6 #C6383F #86C638 #38C6BF

square

#7838C6 #C6383F #86C638 #38C6BF

split-complementary

#7838C6 #C6BF38 #3FC638

monochromatic

#3E1D67 #5B2B96 #7838C6 #9867D4 #B997E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#7838C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#7838C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7838C6

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7838C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7838C6	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#665B7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7838c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 56, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.207 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a574d8',
    500: '#7838c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7838c6;
$custom-light: #a574d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7838c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.042,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50232,
    "c": 0.20718,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7838C6

secondary

#B0CD8D

accent

#DF499B

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EDFB

border

#CEC8D4

text

#100915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7838C6

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

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