#7C42D3#7C42D3

#7C42D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.210 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7C42D3
RGB	rgb(124, 66, 211)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(264, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 68.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.59, 54.53, -65.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.59, 85.30, 309.74°)
OKLab	oklab(52.91% 0.0951 -0.1874)
OKLCH	oklch(52.91% 0.21 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0152, 12.8842, 62.9424)
Luminance	0.1288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7C42D3 #99D342

analogous

#4251D3 #7C42D3 #C542D3

triadic

#7C42D3 #D37C42 #42D37C

tetradic

#7C42D3 #D34251 #99D342 #42D3C5

square

#7C42D3 #D34251 #99D342 #42D3C5

split-complementary

#7C42D3 #D3C542 #51D342

monochromatic

#441D7D #5E29AF #7C42D3 #9E74DF #C1A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#7C42D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#7C42D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7C42D3

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7C42D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7C42D3	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#666586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7c42d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(124, 66, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.210 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a97be1',
    500: '#7c42d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7c42d3;
$custom-light: #a97be1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7c42d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 124,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52911,
    "c": 0.21012,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7C42D3

secondary

#BFD79A

accent

#E542A4

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F5EEFB

border

#CFC9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7C42D3

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

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