#7B42D3#7B42D3

#7B42D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.210 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7B42D3
RGB	rgb(123, 66, 211)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(264, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 68.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.48, 54.35, -65.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.48, 85.33, 309.56°)
OKLab	oklab(52.81% 0.0937 -0.188)
OKLCH	oklch(52.81% 0.21 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8714, 12.8101, 62.9357)
Luminance	0.1281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7B42D3 #9AD342

analogous

#4252D3 #7B42D3 #C442D3

triadic

#7B42D3 #D37B42 #42D37B

tetradic

#7B42D3 #D34252 #9AD342 #42D3C4

square

#7B42D3 #D34252 #9AD342 #42D3C4

split-complementary

#7B42D3 #D3C442 #52D342

monochromatic

#431D7D #5E29AF #7B42D3 #9E74DF #C0A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#7B42D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#7B42D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7B42D3

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7B42D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7B42D3	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#646586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7b42d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(123, 66, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.210 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a87be1',
    500: '#7b42d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7b42d3;
$custom-light: #a87be1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7b42d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 123,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.586,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52805,
    "c": 0.21003,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7B42D3

secondary

#BFD79A

accent

#E542A5

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFB

border

#CEC9D4

text

#100A15

muted

#7F7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7B42D3

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

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