#7E42D8#7E42D8

#7E42D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.216 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E42D8
RGB	rgb(126, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(264, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(264, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.20, 56.17, -67.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.20, 87.78, 309.78°)
OKLab	oklab(53.52% 0.097 -0.1928)
OKLCH	oklch(53.52% 0.216 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9438, 13.2895, 66.3087)
Luminance	0.1329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E42D8 #9CD842

analogous

#4251D8 #7E42D8 #C942D8

triadic

#7E42D8 #D87E42 #42D87E

tetradic

#7E42D8 #D84251 #9CD842 #42D8C9

square

#7E42D8 #D84251 #9CD842 #42D8C9

split-complementary

#7E42D8 #D8C942 #51D842

monochromatic

#451B84 #6026B7 #7E42D8 #A175E2 #C3A7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#7E42D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#7E42D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E42D8

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E42D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E42D8	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#676788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e42d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.216 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa7be5',
    500: '#7e42d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e42d8;
$custom-light: #aa7be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e42d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53515,
    "c": 0.21584,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E42D8

secondary

#C1DA9C

accent

#E93FA5

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E42D8

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

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