#7C42D6#7C42D6

#7C42D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.213 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7C42D6
RGB	rgb(124, 66, 214)
HSL	hsl(264, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(264, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 69.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.82, 55.30, -66.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.82, 86.83, 309.56°)
OKLab	oklab(53.15% 0.0946 -0.1914)
OKLCH	oklch(53.15% 0.213 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3948, 13.0361, 64.9416)
Luminance	0.1304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7C42D6 #9CD642

analogous

#4252D6 #7C42D6 #C642D6

triadic

#7C42D6 #D67C42 #42D67C

tetradic

#7C42D6 #D64252 #9CD642 #42D6C6

square

#7C42D6 #D64252 #9CD642 #42D6C6

split-complementary

#7C42D6 #D6C642 #52D642

monochromatic

#441C82 #5E27B4 #7C42D6 #9F74E1 #C2A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#7C42D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#7C42D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7C42D6

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7C42D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7C42D6	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#646687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7c42d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(124, 66, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.213 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a97be4',
    500: '#7c42d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7c42d6;
$custom-light: #a97be4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7c42d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 124,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.514,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53146,
    "c": 0.21345,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7C42D6

secondary

#C1D99B

accent

#E740A6

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F5EEFC

border

#CFC9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #7C42D6

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

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