#7840D9#7840D9

#7840D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.219 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7840D9
RGB	rgb(120, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(262, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(262, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.26, 56.34, -69.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.26, 89.54, 308.99°)
OKLab	oklab(52.72% 0.0903 -0.1993)
OKLCH	oklch(52.72% 0.219 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.1001, 12.6690, 66.9131)
Luminance	0.1267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7840D9 #A1D940

analogous

#4054D9 #7840D9 #C540D9

triadic

#7840D9 #D97840 #40D978

tetradic

#7840D9 #D94054 #A1D940 #40D9C5

square

#7840D9 #D94054 #A1D940 #40D9C5

split-complementary

#7840D9 #D9C540 #54D940

monochromatic

#411A84 #5A24B7 #7840D9 #9C73E3 #C0A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#7840D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#7840D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7840D9

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7840D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7840D9	1.00	5.94	3.53	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C6788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7840d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.219 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a779e6',
    500: '#7840d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7840d9;
$custom-light: #a779e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7840d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.961,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52722,
    "c": 0.21877,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7840D9

secondary

#C3DA9A

accent

#EA3EAB

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFC

border

#CEC9D5

text

#100916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #7840D9

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

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