#7A42B5#7A42B5

#7A42B5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.176 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7A42B5
RGB	rgb(122, 66, 181)
HSL	hsl(269, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(269, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 63.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.20, 46.56, -52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.20, 69.81, 311.83°)
OKLab	oklab(50.46% 0.0958 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(50.46% 0.176 303)
XYZ	xyz(18.3128, 11.3702, 44.9370)
Luminance	0.1137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7A42B5 #7DB542

analogous

#4243B5 #7A42B5 #B342B5

triadic

#7A42B5 #B57A42 #42B57A

tetradic

#7A42B5 #B54243 #7DB542 #42B5B3

square

#7A42B5 #B54243 #7DB542 #42B5B3

split-complementary

#7A42B5 #B5B342 #43B542

monochromatic

#3E215B #5C3288 #7A42B5 #996BC9 #B898D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#7A42B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#7A42B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7A42B5

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7A42B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7A42B5	1.00	6.41	3.27	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E5EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F5B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7a42b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(122, 66, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.176 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a57acc',
    500: '#7a42b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7a42b5;
$custom-light: #a57acc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7a42b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 122,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.217,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5046,
    "c": 0.17591,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.1137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7A42B5

secondary

#AAC58E

accent

#D65296

background

#FAF7FC

surface

#F4EEF9

border

#CEC9D2

text

#100913

muted

#7F7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #7A42B5

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

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