#7B42D6#7B42D6

#7B42D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.213 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7B42D6
RGB	rgb(123, 66, 214)
HSL	hsl(263, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(263, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.5%, 69.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.71, 55.12, -67.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.71, 86.86, 309.39°)
OKLab	oklab(53.04% 0.0932 -0.1919)
OKLCH	oklch(53.04% 0.213 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2510, 12.9619, 64.9349)
Luminance	0.1296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7B42D6 #9DD642

analogous

#4253D6 #7B42D6 #C542D6

triadic

#7B42D6 #D67B42 #42D67B

tetradic

#7B42D6 #D64253 #9DD642 #42D6C5

square

#7B42D6 #D64253 #9DD642 #42D6C5

split-complementary

#7B42D6 #D6C542 #53D642

monochromatic

#431C82 #5D27B4 #7B42D6 #9E74E1 #C1A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#7B42D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#7B42D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7B42D6

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7B42D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7B42D6	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#636787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7b42d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(123, 66, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.213 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a87be4',
    500: '#7b42d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7b42d6;
$custom-light: #a87be4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7b42d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 123,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.108,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53041,
    "c": 0.21336,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7B42D6

secondary

#C1D99B

accent

#E740A7

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F5EEFC

border

#CFC9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #7B42D6

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

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