#7A42C3#7A42C3

#7A42C3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.192 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7A42C3
RGB	rgb(122, 66, 195)
HSL	hsl(266, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(266, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 66.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.17, 50.07, -58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.17, 77.10, 310.49°)
OKLab	oklab(51.47% 0.0945 -0.167)
OKLCH	oklch(51.47% 0.192 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8221, 11.9739, 52.8861)
Luminance	0.1197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7A42C3 #8BC342

analogous

#424AC3 #7A42C3 #BB42C3

triadic

#7A42C3 #C37A42 #42C37A

tetradic

#7A42C3 #C3424A #8BC342 #42C3BB

square

#7A42C3 #C3424A #8BC342 #42C3BB

split-complementary

#7A42C3 #C3BB42 #4AC342

monochromatic

#412169 #5D3098 #7A42C3 #9B70D2 #BB9FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#7A42C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#7A42C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7A42C3

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7A42C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7A42C3	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69607D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7a42c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(122, 66, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.192 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a67ad6',
    500: '#7a42c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7a42c3;
$custom-light: #a67ad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7a42c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 122,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.047,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51474,
    "c": 0.1919,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7A42C3

secondary

#B4CD94

accent

#DB4D9D

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFA

border

#CEC9D3

text

#100914

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7A42C3

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

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