#7E23A8#7E23A8

#7E23A8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.201 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E23A8
RGB	rgb(126, 35, 168)
HSL	hsl(281, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(281, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 79.2%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.93, 58.09, -52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.93, 78.48, 317.75°)
OKLab	oklab(46.53% 0.135 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(46.53% 0.201 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.2718, 8.4653, 37.8150)
Luminance	0.0847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E23A8 #4DA823

analogous

#3C23A8 #7E23A8 #A8238F

triadic

#7E23A8 #A87E23 #23A87E

tetradic

#7E23A8 #A83C23 #4DA823 #238FA8

square

#7E23A8 #A83C23 #4DA823 #238FA8

split-complementary

#7E23A8 #8FA823 #23A83C

monochromatic

#320E43 #581875 #7E23A8 #A234D5 #B966DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#7E23A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#7E23A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E23A8

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E23A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E23A8	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0654A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#794466

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e23a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 35, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.201 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a869c3',
    500: '#7e23a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e23a8;
$custom-light: #a869c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e23a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.053,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46529,
    "c": 0.20136,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E23A8

secondary

#81C562

accent

#E83F75

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F4EBF8

border

#CEC6D1

text

#100712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E23A8

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

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