#7E42CC#7E42CC

#7E42CC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.203 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#7E42CC
RGBrgb(126, 66, 204)
HSLhsl(266, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(266, 68%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(38.2%, 67.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(42.29, 53.14, -62.02)
CIE-LCHlch(42.29, 81.67, 310.59°)
OKLaboklab(52.59% 0.0989 -0.1768)
OKLCHoklch(52.59% 0.203 299.2)
XYZxyz(21.4488, 12.6914, 58.4347)
Luminance0.1269 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#7E42CC #90CC42
analogous
#424BCC #7E42CC #C342CC
triadic
#7E42CC #CC7E42 #42CC7E
tetradic
#7E42CC #CC424B #90CC42 #42CCC3
square
#7E42CC #CC424B #90CC42 #42CCC3
split-complementary
#7E42CC #CCC342 #4BCC42
monochromatic
#441F74 #612CA4 #7E42CC #9F72D9 #C0A2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93
#7E42CC on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54
#7E42CC on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E42CC
5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##7E42CC#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##7E42CC1.005.933.545.93
#FFFFFF5.931.0021.001.00
#0000003.5421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.931.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0064D0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0063C9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#6C6382
Achromatopsia (no color)
#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #7e42cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 66, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.203 299.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a97adc',
    500: '#7e42cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #7e42cc;
$custom-light: #a97adc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#7e42cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52588,
    "c": 0.20259,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#7E42CC
secondary
#B9D397
accent
#E1479E
background
#FAF7FD
surface
#F5EEFB
border
#CFC9D4
text
#100A15
muted
#7F7C83

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#7E42CC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva