#7E42E2#7E42E2

#7E42E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.227 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E42E2
RGB	rgb(126, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(263, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(263, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.98, 58.72, -71.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.98, 92.83, 309.24°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% 0.0952 -0.2058)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.227 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2762, 13.8224, 73.3257)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E42E2 #A6E242

analogous

#4256E2 #7E42E2 #CE42E2

triadic

#7E42E2 #E27E42 #42E27E

tetradic

#7E42E2 #E24256 #A6E242 #42E2CE

square

#7E42E2 #E24256 #A6E242 #42E2CE

split-complementary

#7E42E2 #E2CE42 #56E242

monochromatic

#451793 #5E1FC8 #7E42E2 #A277EA #C6ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#7E42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#7E42E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E42E2

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E42E2	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#626B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.227 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab7bec',
    500: '#7e42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e42e2;
$custom-light: #ab7bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54313,
    "c": 0.22678,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E42E2

secondary

#C8E09F

accent

#F038AB

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E42E2

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

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