#7940C8#7940C8

#7940C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.200 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7940C8
RGB	rgb(121, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(265, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(265, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.06, 52.15, -61.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.06, 80.81, 310.19°)
OKLab	oklab(51.48% 0.0946 -0.1761)
OKLCH	oklch(51.48% 0.2 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1412, 11.9016, 55.8685)
Luminance	0.1190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7940C8 #8FC840

analogous

#404BC8 #7940C8 #BD40C8

triadic

#7940C8 #C87940 #40C879

tetradic

#7940C8 #C8404B #8FC840 #40C8BD

square

#7940C8 #C8404B #8FC840 #40C8BD

split-complementary

#7940C8 #C8BD40 #4BC840

monochromatic

#40206E #5C2D9D #7940C8 #9A70D6 #BC9FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#7940C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#7940C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7940C8

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7940C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7940C8	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66607F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7940c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.200 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a679da',
    500: '#7940c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7940c8;
$custom-light: #a679da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7940c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.147,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51481,
    "c": 0.19995,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7940C8

secondary

#B7D094

accent

#DF49A0

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFB

border

#CEC9D4

text

#100915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7940C8

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

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