#7B42D8#7B42D8

#7B42D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.216 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7B42D8
RGB	rgb(123, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(263, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(263, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.86, 55.63, -68.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.86, 87.88, 309.28°)
OKLab	oklab(53.2% 0.0928 -0.1946)
OKLCH	oklch(53.2% 0.216 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5080, 13.0647, 66.2883)
Luminance	0.1306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7B42D8 #9FD842

analogous

#4254D8 #7B42D8 #C642D8

triadic

#7B42D8 #D87B42 #42D87B

tetradic

#7B42D8 #D84254 #9FD842 #42D8C6

square

#7B42D8 #D84254 #9FD842 #42D8C6

split-complementary

#7B42D8 #D8C642 #54D842

monochromatic

#431B84 #5D26B7 #7B42D8 #9E75E2 #C2A7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#7B42D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#7B42D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7B42D8

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7B42D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7B42D8	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#626788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7b42d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(123, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.216 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a87be5',
    500: '#7b42d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7b42d8;
$custom-light: #a87be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7b42d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 123,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.8,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.532,
    "c": 0.21558,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7B42D8

secondary

#C2DA9C

accent

#E93FA8

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F5EEFC

border

#CFC9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #7B42D8

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

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