#7F42D2#7F42D2

#7F42D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.209 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7F42D2
RGB	rgb(127, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(265, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(265, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.86, 54.84, -64.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.86, 84.71, 310.34°)
OKLab	oklab(53.15% 0.0994 -0.1843)
OKLCH	oklch(53.15% 0.209 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3305, 13.0613, 62.3049)
Luminance	0.1306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7F42D2 #95D242

analogous

#424DD2 #7F42D2 #C742D2

triadic

#7F42D2 #D27F42 #42D27F

tetradic

#7F42D2 #D2424D #95D242 #42D2C7

square

#7F42D2 #D2424D #95D242 #42D2C7

split-complementary

#7F42D2 #D2C742 #4DD242

monochromatic

#461E7C #6129AD #7F42D2 #A073DE #C2A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#7F42D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#7F42D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7F42D2

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7F42D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7F42D2	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B6585

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7f42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(127, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.209 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa7be1',
    500: '#7f42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7f42d2;
$custom-light: #aa7be1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7f42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 127,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.417,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53155,
    "c": 0.20936,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7F42D2

secondary

#BDD799

accent

#E543A0

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7F42D2

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

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