#7A42C8#7A42C8

#7A42C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.198 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7A42C8
RGB	rgb(122, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(265, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(265, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.54, 51.34, -60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.54, 79.69, 310.11°)
OKLab	oklab(51.85% 0.0939 -0.1738)
OKLCH	oklch(51.85% 0.198 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3969, 12.2038, 55.9133)
Luminance	0.1220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7A42C8 #90C842

analogous

#424DC8 #7A42C8 #BD42C8

triadic

#7A42C8 #C87A42 #42C87A

tetradic

#7A42C8 #C8424D #90C842 #42C8BD

square

#7A42C8 #C8424D #90C842 #42C8BD

split-complementary

#7A42C8 #C8BD42 #4DC842

monochromatic

#41206F #5D2E9F #7A42C8 #9B71D6 #BDA1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#7A42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#7A42C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7A42C8

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7A42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7A42C8	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#676180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7a42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(122, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.198 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a67ada',
    500: '#7a42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7a42c8;
$custom-light: #a67ada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7a42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 122,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.075,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5185,
    "c": 0.19756,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7A42C8

secondary

#B8D096

accent

#DE4AA0

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFB

border

#CEC9D4

text

#100915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7A42C8

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

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