#7A42B2#7A42B2

#7A42B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.172 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7A42B2
RGB	rgb(122, 66, 178)
HSL	hsl(270, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(270, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 62.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.00, 45.82, -50.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.00, 68.24, 312.18°)
OKLab	oklab(50.25% 0.096 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(50.25% 0.172 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.0083, 11.2484, 43.3333)
Luminance	0.1125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7A42B2 #7AB242

analogous

#4242B2 #7A42B2 #B242B2

triadic

#7A42B2 #B27A42 #42B27A

tetradic

#7A42B2 #B24242 #7AB242 #42B2B2

square

#7A42B2 #B24242 #7AB242 #42B2B2

split-complementary

#7A42B2 #B2B242 #42B242

monochromatic

#3D2159 #5B3185 #7A42B2 #996AC8 #B796D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#7A42B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#7A42B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7A42B2

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7A42B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7A42B2	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#235EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7a42b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(122, 66, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.172 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a479ca',
    500: '#7a42b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7a42b2;
$custom-light: #a479ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7a42b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 122,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50249,
    "c": 0.17247,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7A42B2

secondary

#A8C48C

accent

#D65294

background

#FAF7FC

surface

#F4EEF8

border

#CEC9D1

text

#100913

muted

#7F7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #7A42B2

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

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