#7A42DF#7A42DF

#7A42DF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.223 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7A42DF
RGB	rgb(122, 66, 223)
HSL	hsl(261, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(261, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 70.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.30, 57.27, -71.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.30, 91.46, 308.77°)
OKLab	oklab(53.66% 0.0901 -0.2042)
OKLCH	oklch(53.66% 0.223 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2899, 13.3610, 71.1496)
Luminance	0.1336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7A42DF #A7DF42

analogous

#4259DF #7A42DF #C842DF

triadic

#7A42DF #DF7A42 #42DF7A

tetradic

#7A42DF #DF4259 #A7DF42 #42DFC8

square

#7A42DF #DF4259 #A7DF42 #42DFC8

split-complementary

#7A42DF #DFC842 #59DF42

monochromatic

#42188E #5B21C3 #7A42DF #9F76E8 #C4ABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#7A42DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#7A42DF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7A42DF

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7A42DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7A42DF	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D6A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7a42df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(122, 66, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.223 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a97bea',
    500: '#7a42df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7a42df;
$custom-light: #a97bea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7a42df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 122,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.401,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5366,
    "c": 0.22326,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7A42DF

secondary

#C8DF9E

accent

#EE3AAE

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #7A42DF

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

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