#7E42C4#7E42C4

#7E42C4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.194 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E42C4
RGB	rgb(126, 66, 196)
HSL	hsl(268, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(268, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 66.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.72, 51.14, -58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.72, 77.57, 311.25°)
OKLab	oklab(51.99% 0.0999 -0.1659)
OKLCH	oklch(51.99% 0.194 301)
XYZ	xyz(20.5138, 12.3175, 53.5106)
Luminance	0.1232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E42C4 #88C442

analogous

#4247C4 #7E42C4 #BF42C4

triadic

#7E42C4 #C47E42 #42C47E

tetradic

#7E42C4 #C44247 #88C442 #42C4BF

square

#7E42C4 #C44247 #88C442 #42C4BF

split-complementary

#7E42C4 #C4BF42 #47C442

monochromatic

#43216A #603099 #7E42C4 #9E71D3 #BE9FE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#7E42C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#7E42C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E42C4

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E42C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E42C4	1.00	6.06	3.46	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F607D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e42c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 66, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.194 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a87ad7',
    500: '#7e42c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e42c4;
$custom-light: #a87ad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e42c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51991,
    "c": 0.19368,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.12318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E42C4

secondary

#B3CE94

accent

#DC4C99

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFA

border

#CEC9D3

text

#100914

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E42C4

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

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