#7B42D1#7B42D1

#7B42D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.208 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7B42D1
RGB	rgb(123, 66, 209)
HSL	hsl(264, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(264, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 68.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.32, 53.83, -64.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.32, 84.30, 309.69°)
OKLab	oklab(52.65% 0.094 -0.1853)
OKLCH	oklch(52.65% 0.208 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6222, 12.7104, 61.6234)
Luminance	0.1271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7B42D1 #98D142

analogous

#4251D1 #7B42D1 #C342D1

triadic

#7B42D1 #D17B42 #42D17B

tetradic

#7B42D1 #D14251 #98D142 #42D1C3

square

#7B42D1 #D14251 #98D142 #42D1C3

split-complementary

#7B42D1 #D1C342 #51D142

monochromatic

#431E7B #5E2AAC #7B42D1 #9D73DD #C0A4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#7B42D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#7B42D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7B42D1

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7B42D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7B42D1	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#656584

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7b42d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(123, 66, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.208 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a87ae0',
    500: '#7b42d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7b42d1;
$custom-light: #a87ae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7b42d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 123,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.916,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52649,
    "c": 0.20779,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7B42D1

secondary

#BED699

accent

#E444A4

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFB

border

#CEC9D4

text

#100915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7B42D1

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

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