#7A42D2#7A42D2

#7A42D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.209 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7A42D2
RGB	rgb(122, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(263, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(263, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.29, 53.90, -65.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.29, 84.84, 309.45°)
OKLab	oklab(52.62% 0.0925 -0.1872)
OKLCH	oklch(52.62% 0.209 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.6041, 12.6867, 62.2708)
Luminance	0.1269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7A42D2 #9AD242

analogous

#4252D2 #7A42D2 #C242D2

triadic

#7A42D2 #D27A42 #42D27A

tetradic

#7A42D2 #D24252 #9AD242 #42D2C2

square

#7A42D2 #D24252 #9AD242 #42D2C2

split-complementary

#7A42D2 #D2C242 #52D242

monochromatic

#421E7C #5D29AD #7A42D2 #9D73DE #C0A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#7A42D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#7A42D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7A42D2

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7A42D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7A42D2	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#636585

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7a42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(122, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.209 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a77ae1',
    500: '#7a42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7a42d2;
$custom-light: #a77ae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7a42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 122,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52621,
    "c": 0.20881,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7A42D2

secondary

#BFD799

accent

#E543A6

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFB

border

#CEC9D4

text

#100915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7A42D2

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

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