#7A42B7#7A42B7

#7A42B7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.178 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7A42B7
RGB	rgb(122, 66, 183)
HSL	hsl(269, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(269, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 63.9%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.33, 47.05, -52.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.33, 70.85, 311.61°)
OKLab	oklab(50.6% 0.0957 -0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(50.6% 0.178 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.5195, 11.4529, 46.0255)
Luminance	0.1145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7A42B7 #7FB742

analogous

#4245B7 #7A42B7 #B542B7

triadic

#7A42B7 #B77A42 #42B77A

tetradic

#7A42B7 #B74245 #7FB742 #42B7B5

square

#7A42B7 #B74245 #7FB742 #42B7B5

split-complementary

#7A42B7 #B7B542 #45B742

monochromatic

#3E225D #5C328A #7A42B7 #996CCA #B899DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#7A42B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#7A42B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7A42B7

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7A42B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7A42B7	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A5FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E5B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7a42b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(122, 66, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.178 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a57acd',
    500: '#7a42b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7a42b7;
$custom-light: #a57acd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7a42b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 122,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.718,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50601,
    "c": 0.17821,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7A42B7

secondary

#ACC68F

accent

#D75197

background

#FAF7FC

surface

#F4EEF9

border

#CEC9D2

text

#100914

muted

#7F7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #7A42B7

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

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