#7E238A#7E238A
#7E238A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.175 H 322.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #7E238A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(126, 35, 138) |
| HSL | hsl(293, 60%, 34%) |
| HSV | hsv(293, 75%, 54%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(8.7%, 74.6%, 0%, 45.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(32.86, 52.14, -37.82) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(32.86, 64.41, 324.04°) |
| OKLab | oklab(44.41% 0.139 -0.1056) |
| OKLCH | oklch(44.41% 0.175 322.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(13.7922, 7.4735, 24.7559) |
| Luminance | 0.0747 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Family | purple |
Closest named colors
Darkmagenta
#8B008B
ΔE00 3.17
Purple (survey)
#7E1E9C
ΔE00 3.43
Purple
#800080
ΔE00 3.51
Darkish Purple
#751973
ΔE00 4.39
Warm Purple
#952E8F
ΔE00 5.46
Barney Purple
#A00498
ΔE00 6.03
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#7E238A #2F8A23
analogous
#4B238A #7E238A #8A2363
triadic
#7E238A #8A7E23 #238A7E
tetradic
#7E238A #8A4B23 #2F8A23 #23638A
square
#7E238A #8A4B23 #2F8A23 #23638A
split-complementary
#7E238A #638A23 #238A4B
monochromatic
#250A28 #511759 #7E238A #AB2FBB #C554D4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
8.42
#7E238A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
On black
2.49
#7E238A on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #7E238A
8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##7E238A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##7E238A | 1.00 | 8.42 | 2.49 | 8.42 |
| #FFFFFF | 8.42 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
| #000000 | 2.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
| ##FFFFFF | 8.42 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#00478D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#335188
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#803655
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4D4D4D
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #7e238a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 35, 138); /* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.175 322.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#a768ad',
500: '#7e238a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #7e238a; $custom-light: #a768ad; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#7e238a",
"rgb": {
"r": 126,
"g": 35,
"b": 138
},
"hsl": {
"h": 293.01,
"s": 59.538,
"l": 33.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.44405,
"c": 0.17461,
"h": 322.8
},
"luminance": 0.07473
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#7E238A
secondary
#5DB751
accent
#E34557
background
#FAF6FA
surface
#F4EBF4
border
#CEC6CE
text
#100710
muted
#7F7A7F