#7A42C4#7A42C4

#7A42C4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.193 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7A42C4
RGB	rgb(122, 66, 196)
HSL	hsl(266, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(266, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 66.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.25, 50.32, -59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.25, 77.62, 310.41°)
OKLab	oklab(51.55% 0.0944 -0.1684)
OKLCH	oklch(51.55% 0.193 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.9356, 12.0193, 53.4835)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7A42C4 #8CC442

analogous

#424BC4 #7A42C4 #BB42C4

triadic

#7A42C4 #C47A42 #42C47A

tetradic

#7A42C4 #C4424B #8CC442 #42C4BB

square

#7A42C4 #C4424B #8CC442 #42C4BB

split-complementary

#7A42C4 #C4BB42 #4BC442

monochromatic

#41216A #5D3099 #7A42C4 #9B71D3 #BC9FE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#7A42C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#7A42C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7A42C4

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7A42C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7A42C4	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69607D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7a42c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(122, 66, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.193 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a67ad7',
    500: '#7a42c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7a42c4;
$custom-light: #a67ad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7a42c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 122,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.846,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51549,
    "c": 0.19304,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7A42C4

secondary

#B5CE94

accent

#DC4C9E

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFA

border

#CEC9D3

text

#100914

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7A42C4

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

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