#7E40C5#7E40C5

#7E40C5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.197 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E40C5
RGB	rgb(126, 64, 197)
HSL	hsl(268, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(268, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 67.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.43, 52.38, -59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.43, 79.18, 311.42°)
OKLab	oklab(51.81% 0.1019 -0.169)
OKLCH	oklch(51.81% 0.197 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.5132, 12.1335, 54.0738)
Luminance	0.1213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E40C5 #87C540

analogous

#4044C5 #7E40C5 #C040C5

triadic

#7E40C5 #C57E40 #40C57E

tetradic

#7E40C5 #C54044 #87C540 #40C5C0

square

#7E40C5 #C54044 #87C540 #40C5C0

split-complementary

#7E40C5 #C5C040 #44C540

monochromatic

#43206A #602F99 #7E40C5 #9E6FD3 #BD9EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#7E40C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#7E40C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E40C5

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E40C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E40C5	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F5F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e40c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 64, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.197 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a979d7',
    500: '#7e40c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e40c5;
$custom-light: #a979d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e40c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.97,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51807,
    "c": 0.19737,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E40C5

secondary

#B2CE93

accent

#DD4B99

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFA

border

#CEC9D3

text

#100914

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E40C5

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