#7C42D8#7C42D8

#7C42D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.216 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7C42D8
RGB	rgb(124, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(263, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(263, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.97, 55.81, -67.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.97, 87.84, 309.44°)
OKLab	oklab(53.3% 0.0942 -0.194)
OKLCH	oklch(53.3% 0.216 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.6518, 13.1389, 66.2950)
Luminance	0.1314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7C42D8 #9ED842

analogous

#4253D8 #7C42D8 #C742D8

triadic

#7C42D8 #D87C42 #42D87C

tetradic

#7C42D8 #D84253 #9ED842 #42D8C7

square

#7C42D8 #D84253 #9ED842 #42D8C7

split-complementary

#7C42D8 #D8C742 #53D842

monochromatic

#441B84 #5E26B7 #7C42D8 #9F75E2 #C2A7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#7C42D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#7C42D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7C42D8

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7C42D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7C42D8	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#646788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7c42d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(124, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.216 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a97be5',
    500: '#7c42d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7c42d8;
$custom-light: #a97be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7c42d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 124,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.2,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53304,
    "c": 0.21566,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7C42D8

secondary

#C2DA9C

accent

#E93FA7

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #7C42D8

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

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