#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
RGB	rgb(126, 66, 204)
HSL	hsl(266, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(266, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 67.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.29, 53.14, -62.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.29, 81.67, 310.59°)
OKLab	oklab(52.59% 0.0989 -0.1768)
OKLCH	oklch(52.59% 0.203 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4488, 12.6914, 58.4347)
Luminance	0.1269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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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
##7E42CC	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E42CC

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

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