#7F42C8#7F42C8

#7F42C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.198 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7F42C8
RGB	rgb(127, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(267, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(267, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.12, 52.34, -59.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.12, 79.61, 311.11°)
OKLab	oklab(52.4% 0.1008 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(52.4% 0.198 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.1234, 12.5784, 55.9474)
Luminance	0.1258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7F42C8 #8BC842

analogous

#4248C8 #7F42C8 #C242C8

triadic

#7F42C8 #C87F42 #42C87F

tetradic

#7F42C8 #C84248 #8BC842 #42C8C2

square

#7F42C8 #C84248 #8BC842 #42C8C2

split-complementary

#7F42C8 #C8C242 #48C842

monochromatic

#44206F #612E9F #7F42C8 #9F71D6 #BFA1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#7F42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#7F42C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7F42C8

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7F42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7F42C8	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F6180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7f42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(127, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.198 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a97ada',
    500: '#7f42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7f42c8;
$custom-light: #a97ada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7f42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 127,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.313,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52399,
    "c": 0.1983,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7F42C8

secondary

#B6D096

accent

#DE4A9B

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F4EEFB

border

#CEC9D4

text

#100915

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7F42C8

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

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