#7840C8#7840C8

#7840C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.200 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7840C8
RGB	rgb(120, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(265, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(265, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.94, 51.96, -61.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.94, 80.84, 309.99°)
OKLab	oklab(51.37% 0.0932 -0.1767)
OKLCH	oklch(51.37% 0.2 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.0018, 11.8297, 55.8619)
Luminance	0.1183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7840C8 #90C840

analogous

#404CC8 #7840C8 #BC40C8

triadic

#7840C8 #C87840 #40C878

tetradic

#7840C8 #C8404C #90C840 #40C8BC

square

#7840C8 #C8404C #90C840 #40C8BC

split-complementary

#7840C8 #C8BC40 #4CC840

monochromatic

#40206E #5C2D9D #7840C8 #9A70D6 #BB9FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#7840C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#7840C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7840C8

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7840C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7840C8	1.00	6.24	3.37	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64607F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7840c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.200 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a579da',
    500: '#7840c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7840c8;
$custom-light: #a579da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7840c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51373,
    "c": 0.19983,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7840C8

secondary

#B7D094

accent

#DF49A1

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFB

border

#CEC9D4

text

#100915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7840C8

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

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