#7F42BC#7F42BC

#7F42BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.185 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7F42BC
RGB	rgb(127, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(270, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(270, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 64.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.28, 49.39, -54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.28, 73.44, 312.26°)
OKLab	oklab(51.53% 0.102 -0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(51.53% 0.185 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.7756, 12.0393, 48.8492)
Luminance	0.1204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7F42BC #7FBC42

analogous

#4242BC #7F42BC #BC42BC

triadic

#7F42BC #BC7F42 #42BC7F

tetradic

#7F42BC #BC4242 #7FBC42 #42BCBC

square

#7F42BC #BC4242 #7FBC42 #42BCBC

split-complementary

#7F42BC #BCBC42 #42BC42

monochromatic

#422261 #60328F #7F42BC #9E6FCC #BC9CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#7F42BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#7F42BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7F42BC

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7F42BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7F42BC	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A61B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#735D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7f42bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(127, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.185 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a87ad1',
    500: '#7f42bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7f42bc;
$custom-light: #a87ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7f42bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 127,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51526,
    "c": 0.18494,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7F42BC

secondary

#ADC991

accent

#D85094

background

#FAF7FC

surface

#F4EEF9

border

#CEC9D2

text

#100914

muted

#7F7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #7F42BC

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

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