#7F42BB#7F42BB

#7F42BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.184 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7F42BB
RGB	rgb(127, 66, 187)
HSL	hsl(270, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(270, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 64.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.21, 49.14, -53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.21, 72.92, 312.37°)
OKLab	oklab(51.46% 0.1021 -0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(51.46% 0.184 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6682, 11.9964, 48.2834)
Luminance	0.1200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7F42BB #7EBB42

analogous

#4342BB #7F42BB #BB42BB

triadic

#7F42BB #BB7F42 #42BB7F

tetradic

#7F42BB #BB4342 #7EBB42 #42BBBB

square

#7F42BB #BB4342 #7EBB42 #42BBBB

split-complementary

#7F42BB #BBBB42 #42BB43

monochromatic

#422261 #60328E #7F42BB #9D6ECC #BC9CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#7F42BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#7F42BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7F42BB

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7F42BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7F42BB	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C61B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#745C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7f42bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(127, 66, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.184 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a87ad0',
    500: '#7f42bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7f42bb;
$custom-light: #a87ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7f42bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 127,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.248,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51455,
    "c": 0.18382,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7F42BB

secondary

#ACC891

accent

#D75093

background

#FAF7FC

surface

#F4EEF9

border

#CEC9D2

text

#100914

muted

#7F7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #7F42BB

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

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