#7A42D1#7A42D1

#7A42D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.208 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7A42D1
RGB	rgb(122, 66, 209)
HSL	hsl(263, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(263, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 68.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.21, 53.65, -65.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.21, 84.33, 309.51°)
OKLab	oklab(52.54% 0.0926 -0.1859)
OKLCH	oklch(52.54% 0.208 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4799, 12.6370, 61.6167)
Luminance	0.1264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7A42D1 #99D142

analogous

#4252D1 #7A42D1 #C242D1

triadic

#7A42D1 #D17A42 #42D17A

tetradic

#7A42D1 #D14252 #99D142 #42D1C2

square

#7A42D1 #D14252 #99D142 #42D1C2

split-complementary

#7A42D1 #D1C242 #52D142

monochromatic

#421E7B #5D2AAC #7A42D1 #9D73DD #BFA4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#7A42D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#7A42D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7A42D1

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7A42D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7A42D1	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#646584

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7a42d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(122, 66, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.208 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a77ae0',
    500: '#7a42d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7a42d1;
$custom-light: #a77ae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7a42d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 122,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.497,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52543,
    "c": 0.2077,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7A42D1

secondary

#BED699

accent

#E444A5

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFB

border

#CEC9D4

text

#100915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7A42D1

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

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