#7E238E#7E238E

#7E238E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.178 H 321.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E238E
RGB	rgb(126, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(291, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(291, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.12, 52.89, -39.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.12, 66.25, 322.98°)
OKLab	oklab(44.67% 0.1388 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(44.67% 0.178 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.0871, 7.5914, 26.3092)
Luminance	0.0759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E238E #338E23

analogous

#49238E #7E238E #8E2369

triadic

#7E238E #8E7E23 #238E7E

tetradic

#7E238E #8E4923 #338E23 #23698E

square

#7E238E #8E4923 #338E23 #23698E

split-complementary

#7E238E #698E23 #238E49

monochromatic

#270B2C #52175D #7E238E #AA2FBF #C256D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#7E238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#7E238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E238E

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E238E	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#30518C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F3857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.178 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a768b0',
    500: '#7e238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e238e;
$custom-light: #a768b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.028,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44669,
    "c": 0.1781,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E238E

secondary

#63B953

accent

#E4445C

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF5

border

#CEC6CF

text

#100710

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E238E

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

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