#7E42BC#7E42BC

#7E42BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.185 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E42BC
RGB	rgb(126, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(270, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(270, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 64.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.16, 49.17, -54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.16, 73.44, 312.03°)
OKLab	oklab(51.41% 0.1007 -0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(51.41% 0.185 303)
XYZ	xyz(19.6274, 11.9629, 48.8422)
Luminance	0.1196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E42BC #80BC42

analogous

#4243BC #7E42BC #BB42BC

triadic

#7E42BC #BC7E42 #42BC7E

tetradic

#7E42BC #BC4243 #80BC42 #42BCBB

square

#7E42BC #BC4243 #80BC42 #42BCBB

split-complementary

#7E42BC #BCBB42 #43BC42

monochromatic

#412261 #60328F #7E42BC #9D6FCC #BC9CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#7E42BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#7E42BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E42BC

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E42BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E42BC	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1861B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#725D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e42bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.185 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a87ad1',
    500: '#7e42bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e42bc;
$custom-light: #a87ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e42bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.508,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51412,
    "c": 0.18472,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.11963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E42BC

secondary

#ADC991

accent

#D85095

background

#FAF7FC

surface

#F4EEF9

border

#CEC9D2

text

#100914

muted

#7F7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E42BC

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

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