#7E42C8#7E42C8

#7E42C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.198 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E42C8
RGB	rgb(126, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(267, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(267, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.00, 52.14, -60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.00, 79.62, 310.91°)
OKLab	oklab(52.29% 0.0994 -0.1714)
OKLCH	oklch(52.29% 0.198 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9752, 12.5020, 55.9404)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E42C8 #8CC842

analogous

#4249C8 #7E42C8 #C142C8

triadic

#7E42C8 #C87E42 #42C87E

tetradic

#7E42C8 #C84249 #8CC842 #42C8C1

square

#7E42C8 #C84249 #8CC842 #42C8C1

split-complementary

#7E42C8 #C8C142 #49C842

monochromatic

#44206F #612E9F #7E42C8 #9E71D6 #BFA1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#7E42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#7E42C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E42C8

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E42C8	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E6180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.198 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a97ada',
    500: '#7e42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e42c8;
$custom-light: #a97ada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.866,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52288,
    "c": 0.19815,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E42C8

secondary

#B6D096

accent

#DE4A9C

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFB

border

#CEC9D4

text

#100915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E42C8

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

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