#7940D8#7940D8

#7940D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.218 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7940D8
RGB	rgb(121, 64, 216)
HSL	hsl(263, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(263, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 70.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.29, 56.25, -68.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.29, 88.99, 309.20°)
OKLab	oklab(52.74% 0.0919 -0.1974)
OKLCH	oklch(52.74% 0.218 295)
XYZ	xyz(22.1099, 12.6890, 66.2367)
Luminance	0.1269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7940D8 #9FD840

analogous

#4053D8 #7940D8 #C540D8

triadic

#7940D8 #D87940 #40D879

tetradic

#7940D8 #D84053 #9FD840 #40D8C5

square

#7940D8 #D84053 #9FD840 #40D8C5

split-complementary

#7940D8 #D8C540 #53D840

monochromatic

#421B83 #5B25B6 #7940D8 #9D73E2 #C0A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#7940D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#7940D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7940D8

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7940D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7940D8	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F6688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7940d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 64, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.218 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a779e5',
    500: '#7940d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7940d8;
$custom-light: #a779e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7940d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52744,
    "c": 0.21773,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.1269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7940D8

secondary

#C2DA9A

accent

#E93FA9

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFC

border

#CEC9D5

text

#100916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #7940D8

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

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