#7E42C7#7E42C7

#7E42C7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.197 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E42C7
RGB	rgb(126, 66, 199)
HSL	hsl(267, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(267, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 66.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.93, 51.89, -59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.93, 79.11, 310.99°)
OKLab	oklab(52.21% 0.0995 -0.17)
OKLCH	oklch(52.21% 0.197 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.8587, 12.4554, 55.3270)
Luminance	0.1246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E42C7 #8BC742

analogous

#4248C7 #7E42C7 #C142C7

triadic

#7E42C7 #C77E42 #42C77E

tetradic

#7E42C7 #C74248 #8BC742 #42C7C1

square

#7E42C7 #C74248 #8BC742 #42C7C1

split-complementary

#7E42C7 #C7C142 #48C742

monochromatic

#44216E #602F9D #7E42C7 #9E71D5 #BEA0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#7E42C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#7E42C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E42C7

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E42C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E42C7	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E617F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e42c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 66, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.197 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a97ad9',
    500: '#7e42c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e42c7;
$custom-light: #a97ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e42c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.068,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52213,
    "c": 0.19703,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E42C7

secondary

#B5D095

accent

#DE4A9B

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFB

border

#CEC9D4

text

#100915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E42C7

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

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