#7E42CE#7E42CE

#7E42CE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.205 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E42CE
RGB	rgb(126, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(266, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(266, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.44, 53.64, -62.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.44, 82.70, 310.44°)
OKLab	oklab(52.74% 0.0986 -0.1795)
OKLCH	oklch(52.74% 0.205 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.6902, 12.7880, 59.7061)
Luminance	0.1279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E42CE #92CE42

analogous

#424CCE #7E42CE #C442CE

triadic

#7E42CE #CE7E42 #42CE7E

tetradic

#7E42CE #CE424C #92CE42 #42CEC4

square

#7E42CE #CE424C #92CE42 #42CEC4

split-complementary

#7E42CE #CEC442 #4CCE42

monochromatic

#451F77 #612BA7 #7E42CE #9F73DB #C0A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#7E42CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#7E42CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E42CE

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E42CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E42CE	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B6383

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e42ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.205 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a97bde',
    500: '#7e42ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e42ce;
$custom-light: #a97bde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e42ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5274,
    "c": 0.20481,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E42CE

secondary

#BAD498

accent

#E2469F

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F5EEFB

border

#CFC9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E42CE

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

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