#7940D9#7940D9

#7940D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.219 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7940D9
RGB	rgb(121, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(262, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(262, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.37, 56.51, -69.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.37, 89.50, 309.15°)
OKLab	oklab(52.83% 0.0917 -0.1987)
OKLCH	oklch(52.83% 0.219 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.2396, 12.7409, 66.9197)
Luminance	0.1274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7940D9 #A0D940

analogous

#4053D9 #7940D9 #C540D9

triadic

#7940D9 #D97940 #40D979

tetradic

#7940D9 #D94053 #A0D940 #40D9C5

square

#7940D9 #D94053 #A0D940 #40D9C5

split-complementary

#7940D9 #D9C540 #53D940

monochromatic

#421A84 #5B24B7 #7940D9 #9D73E3 #C1A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#7940D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#7940D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7940D9

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7940D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7940D9	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E6788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7940d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.219 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a779e6',
    500: '#7940d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7940d9;
$custom-light: #a779e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7940d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.353,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52825,
    "c": 0.21884,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7940D9

secondary

#C3DA9A

accent

#EA3EAA

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFC

border

#CEC9D5

text

#110916

muted

#807B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #7940D9

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

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