#7E40B3#7E40B3

#7E40B3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.177 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E40B3
RGB	rgb(126, 64, 179)
HSL	hsl(272, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(272, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 64.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.18, 48.01, -50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.18, 69.93, 313.36°)
OKLab	oklab(50.51% 0.1037 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(50.51% 0.177 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.5725, 11.3572, 43.8528)
Luminance	0.1136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E40B3 #75B340

analogous

#4540B3 #7E40B3 #B340AE

triadic

#7E40B3 #B37E40 #40B37E

tetradic

#7E40B3 #B34540 #75B340 #40AEB3

square

#7E40B3 #B34540 #75B340 #40AEB3

split-complementary

#7E40B3 #AEB340 #40B345

monochromatic

#3F2059 #5E3086 #7E40B3 #9C67C9 #B994D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#7E40B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#7E40B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E40B3

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E40B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E40B3	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#245FB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#755874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e40b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 64, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.177 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a779ca',
    500: '#7e40b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e40b3;
$custom-light: #a779ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e40b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.348,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5051,
    "c": 0.17742,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E40B3

secondary

#A5C48A

accent

#D7518F

background

#FAF7FC

surface

#F4EEF8

border

#CEC9D1

text

#100913

muted

#7F7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E40B3

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

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