#7F42C4#7F42C4

#7F42C4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.194 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7F42C4
RGB	rgb(127, 66, 196)
HSL	hsl(268, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(268, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 66.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.84, 51.35, -58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.84, 77.56, 311.46°)
OKLab	oklab(52.1% 0.1013 -0.1653)
OKLCH	oklch(52.1% 0.194 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.6620, 12.3939, 53.5176)
Luminance	0.1239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7F42C4 #87C442

analogous

#4246C4 #7F42C4 #C042C4

triadic

#7F42C4 #C47F42 #42C47F

tetradic

#7F42C4 #C44246 #87C442 #42C4C0

square

#7F42C4 #C44246 #87C442 #42C4C0

split-complementary

#7F42C4 #C4C042 #46C442

monochromatic

#44216A #613099 #7F42C4 #9F71D3 #BE9FE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#7F42C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#7F42C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7F42C4

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7F42C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7F42C4	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#715F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7f42c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(127, 66, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.194 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a97ad7',
    500: '#7f42c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7f42c4;
$custom-light: #a97ad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7f42c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 127,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.154,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52103,
    "c": 0.19386,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7F42C4

secondary

#B3CE94

accent

#DC4C98

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFA

border

#CEC9D3

text

#100914

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7F42C4

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

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