#7840AA#7840AA

#7840AA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.166 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7840AA
RGB	rgb(120, 64, 170)
HSL	hsl(272, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(272, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 62.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.83, 44.44, -47.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.83, 65.20, 312.97°)
OKLab	oklab(49.18% 0.0961 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(49.18% 0.166 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.8332, 10.5623, 39.1743)
Luminance	0.1056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7840AA #72AA40

analogous

#4340AA #7840AA #AA40A7

triadic

#7840AA #AA7840 #40AA78

tetradic

#7840AA #AA4340 #72AA40 #40A7AA

square

#7840AA #AA4340 #72AA40 #40A7AA

split-complementary

#7840AA #A7AA40 #40AA43

monochromatic

#391F51 #592F7E #7840AA #9663C4 #B48FD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#7840AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#7840AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7840AA

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7840AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7840AA	1.00	6.75	3.11	6.75
#FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#015AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#285CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F566F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7840aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 64, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.166 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a378c4',
    500: '#7840aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7840aa;
$custom-light: #a378c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7840aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.698,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49183,
    "c": 0.16567,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7840AA

secondary

#A1C086

accent

#D55390

background

#FAF7FC

surface

#F4EDF8

border

#CEC8D1

text

#0F0913

muted

#7F7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #7840AA

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

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