#7E42CA#7E42CA

#7E42CA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.200 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E42CA
RGB	rgb(126, 66, 202)
HSL	hsl(266, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(266, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 67.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.15, 52.64, -61.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.15, 80.65, 310.74°)
OKLab	oklab(52.44% 0.0991 -0.1741)
OKLCH	oklch(52.44% 0.2 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2104, 12.5961, 57.1795)
Luminance	0.1260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E42CA #8ECA42

analogous

#424ACA #7E42CA #C242CA

triadic

#7E42CA #CA7E42 #42CA7E

tetradic

#7E42CA #CA424A #8ECA42 #42CAC2

square

#7E42CA #CA424A #8ECA42 #42CAC2

split-complementary

#7E42CA #CAC242 #4ACA42

monochromatic

#442072 #612DA2 #7E42CA #9F72D7 #BFA2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#7E42CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#7E42CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E42CA

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E42CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E42CA	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D6281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e42ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.200 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a97adb',
    500: '#7e42ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e42ca;
$custom-light: #a97adb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e42ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.471,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52438,
    "c": 0.20037,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E42CA

secondary

#B7D196

accent

#DF489D

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFB

border

#CEC9D4

text

#100915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E42CA

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

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