#7E38C6#7E38C6

#7E38C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.208 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E38C6
RGB	rgb(126, 56, 198)
HSL	hsl(270, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(270, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 71.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.15, 56.41, -62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.15, 83.84, 312.28°)
OKLab	oklab(50.92% 0.1099 -0.1768)
OKLCH	oklch(50.92% 0.208 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.2090, 11.3411, 54.5395)
Luminance	0.1134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E38C6 #80C638

analogous

#3839C6 #7E38C6 #C538C6

triadic

#7E38C6 #C67E38 #38C67E

tetradic

#7E38C6 #C63839 #80C638 #38C6C5

square

#7E38C6 #C63839 #80C638 #38C6C5

split-complementary

#7E38C6 #C6C538 #39C638

monochromatic

#411D67 #602B96 #7E38C6 #9D67D4 #BC97E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#7E38C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#7E38C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E38C6

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E38C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E38C6	1.00	6.43	3.27	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F5B7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e38c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 56, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.208 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a975d8',
    500: '#7e38c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e38c6;
$custom-light: #a975d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e38c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.577,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50919,
    "c": 0.20816,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E38C6

secondary

#ADCD8D

accent

#DF4995

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F5EDFA

border

#CFC8D3

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E38C6

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

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