#7F42D8#7F42D8

#7F42D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.216 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7F42D8
RGB	rgb(127, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(264, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(264, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.31, 56.35, -67.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.31, 87.75, 309.95°)
OKLab	oklab(53.62% 0.0984 -0.1922)
OKLCH	oklch(53.62% 0.216 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0921, 13.3659, 66.3157)
Luminance	0.1337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7F42D8 #9BD842

analogous

#4250D8 #7F42D8 #CA42D8

triadic

#7F42D8 #D87F42 #42D87F

tetradic

#7F42D8 #D84250 #9BD842 #42D8CA

square

#7F42D8 #D84250 #9BD842 #42D8CA

split-complementary

#7F42D8 #D8CA42 #50D842

monochromatic

#461B84 #6126B7 #7F42D8 #A175E2 #C4A7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#7F42D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#7F42D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7F42D8

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7F42D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7F42D8	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#686788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7f42d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(127, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.216 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab7be5',
    500: '#7f42d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7f42d8;
$custom-light: #ab7be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7f42d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 127,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53621,
    "c": 0.21595,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7F42D8

secondary

#C1DA9C

accent

#E93FA4

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #7F42D8

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

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