#7B42E2#7B42E2

#7B42E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.227 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7B42E2
RGB	rgb(123, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(261, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(261, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.6%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.65, 58.21, -72.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.65, 92.93, 308.78°)
OKLab	oklab(54.01% 0.091 -0.2075)
OKLCH	oklch(54.01% 0.227 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8403, 13.5977, 73.3053)
Luminance	0.1360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7B42E2 #A9E242

analogous

#4259E2 #7B42E2 #CB42E2

triadic

#7B42E2 #E27B42 #42E27B

tetradic

#7B42E2 #E24259 #A9E242 #42E2CB

square

#7B42E2 #E24259 #A9E242 #42E2CB

split-complementary

#7B42E2 #E2CB42 #59E242

monochromatic

#431793 #5B1FC8 #7B42E2 #A077EA #C5ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#7B42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#7B42E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7B42E2

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7B42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7B42E2	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D6B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7b42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(123, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.227 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa7bec',
    500: '#7b42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7b42e2;
$custom-light: #aa7bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7b42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 123,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.375,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54006,
    "c": 0.22661,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7B42E2

secondary

#C9E09F

accent

#F038AE

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #7B42E2

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

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