#7940C1#7940C1

#7940C1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.192 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7940C1
RGB	rgb(121, 64, 193)
HSL	hsl(267, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(267, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 66.8%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.54, 50.37, -58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.54, 77.20, 310.73°)
OKLab	oklab(50.95% 0.0956 -0.1666)
OKLCH	oklch(50.95% 0.192 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.3418, 11.5818, 51.6582)
Luminance	0.1158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7940C1 #88C140

analogous

#4047C1 #7940C1 #BA40C1

triadic

#7940C1 #C17940 #40C179

tetradic

#7940C1 #C14047 #88C140 #40C1BA

square

#7940C1 #C14047 #88C140 #40C1BA

split-complementary

#7940C1 #C1BA40 #47C140

monochromatic

#3F2166 #5C3094 #7940C1 #996ED0 #BA9CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#7940C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#7940C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7940C1

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7940C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7940C1	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#695E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7940c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 64, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.192 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a579d5',
    500: '#7940c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7940c1;
$custom-light: #a579d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7940c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.512,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50949,
    "c": 0.19208,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7940C1

secondary

#B2CB92

accent

#DA4D9C

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFA

border

#CEC9D3

text

#100914

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7940C1

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

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