#7B42C4#7B42C4

#7B42C4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.193 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7B42C4
RGB	rgb(123, 66, 196)
HSL	hsl(266, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(266, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 66.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.36, 50.53, -58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.36, 77.61, 310.62°)
OKLab	oklab(51.66% 0.0958 -0.1678)
OKLCH	oklch(51.66% 0.193 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0779, 12.0927, 53.4902)
Luminance	0.1209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7B42C4 #8BC442

analogous

#424AC4 #7B42C4 #BC42C4

triadic

#7B42C4 #C47B42 #42C47B

tetradic

#7B42C4 #C4424A #8BC442 #42C4BC

square

#7B42C4 #C4424A #8BC442 #42C4BC

split-complementary

#7B42C4 #C4BC42 #4AC442

monochromatic

#41216A #5E3099 #7B42C4 #9C71D3 #BC9FE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#7B42C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#7B42C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7B42C4

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7B42C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7B42C4	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B607D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7b42c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(123, 66, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.193 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a77ad7',
    500: '#7b42c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7b42c4;
$custom-light: #a77ad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7b42c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 123,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.308,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51659,
    "c": 0.19319,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7B42C4

secondary

#B4CE94

accent

#DC4C9D

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFA

border

#CEC9D3

text

#100914

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7B42C4

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

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