#7E42D5#7E42D5

#7E42D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.213 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E42D5
RGB	rgb(126, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(264, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(264, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.97, 55.41, -66.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.97, 86.26, 309.96°)
OKLab	oklab(53.28% 0.0975 -0.1889)
OKLCH	oklch(53.28% 0.213 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.5595, 13.1357, 64.2848)
Luminance	0.1314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E42D5 #99D542

analogous

#4250D5 #7E42D5 #C842D5

triadic

#7E42D5 #D57E42 #42D57E

tetradic

#7E42D5 #D54250 #99D542 #42D5C8

square

#7E42D5 #D54250 #99D542 #42D5C8

split-complementary

#7E42D5 #D5C842 #50D542

monochromatic

#451C80 #6028B2 #7E42D5 #A074E0 #C2A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#7E42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#7E42D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E42D5

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E42D5	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#686687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.213 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa7be3',
    500: '#7e42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e42d5;
$custom-light: #aa7be3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.49,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5328,
    "c": 0.21255,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E42D5

secondary

#BFD89A

accent

#E741A3

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E42D5

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

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