#7A42C7#7A42C7

#7A42C7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.196 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7A42C7
RGB	rgb(122, 66, 199)
HSL	hsl(265, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(265, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 66.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.47, 51.08, -60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.47, 79.18, 310.18°)
OKLab	oklab(51.77% 0.094 -0.1725)
OKLCH	oklch(51.77% 0.196 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.2805, 12.1573, 55.2999)
Luminance	0.1216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7A42C7 #8FC742

analogous

#424DC7 #7A42C7 #BD42C7

triadic

#7A42C7 #C77A42 #42C77A

tetradic

#7A42C7 #C7424D #8FC742 #42C7BD

square

#7A42C7 #C7424D #8FC742 #42C7BD

split-complementary

#7A42C7 #C7BD42 #4DC742

monochromatic

#41216E #5D2F9D #7A42C7 #9B71D5 #BCA0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#7A42C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#7A42C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7A42C7

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7A42C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7A42C7	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68617F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7a42c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(122, 66, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.196 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a67ad9',
    500: '#7a42c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7a42c7;
$custom-light: #a67ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7a42c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 122,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.263,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51774,
    "c": 0.19643,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7A42C7

secondary

#B7D095

accent

#DE4AA0

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFB

border

#CEC9D4

text

#100915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7A42C7

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

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