#7F42D5#7F42D5

#7F42D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.213 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7F42D5
RGB	rgb(127, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(265, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.08, 55.59, -65.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.08, 86.23, 310.14°)
OKLab	oklab(53.39% 0.0989 -0.1883)
OKLCH	oklch(53.39% 0.213 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7078, 13.2122, 64.2917)
Luminance	0.1321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7F42D5 #98D542

analogous

#424FD5 #7F42D5 #C842D5

triadic

#7F42D5 #D57F42 #42D57F

tetradic

#7F42D5 #D5424F #98D542 #42D5C8

square

#7F42D5 #D5424F #98D542 #42D5C8

split-complementary

#7F42D5 #D5C842 #4FD542

monochromatic

#461C80 #6128B2 #7F42D5 #A174E0 #C3A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#7F42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#7F42D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7F42D5

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7F42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7F42D5	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A6687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7f42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(127, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.213 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab7be3',
    500: '#7f42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7f42d5;
$custom-light: #ab7be3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7f42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 127,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.898,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53387,
    "c": 0.21265,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7F42D5

secondary

#BFD89A

accent

#E741A2

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #7F42D5

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

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