#7f42a8

Color #7f42a8

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 7.71 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#7f42a8

RGB

rgb(127, 66, 168)

HSL

hsl(275.9, 43.6%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.9, 60.7%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.4%, 60.7%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(39.98, 44.62, -44.64)

LCH

lch(39.98, 63.12, 314.99)

OKLCH

oklch(50.2%, 0.1625, 309.33)

HWB

hwb(275.9, 25.9%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6ba842

Analogous

#4c42a8

#7f42a8

#a8429e

Triadic

#7f42a8

#a87f42

#42a87f

Split-complementary

#7f42a8

#9ea842

#42a84c

Tetradic

#7f42a8

#a8426b

#6ba842

#42a87f

Square

#7f42a8

#a84c42

#6ba842

#429ea8

Shades

Color #7f42a8 mixed toward black.

#6a378c

#552c70

#402154

#2a1638

#150b1c

Tints

Color #7f42a8 mixed toward white.

#965abe

#ab7bcb

#c09cd8

#d5bde5

#eadef2

Tones

Color #7f42a8 mixed toward gray.

#7d4ba0

#7c5397

#7a5c8f

#786486

#776d7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.25:1

White text reads better on this background (6.47:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6997 · ΔE 15

Deuteranopia

#6d7193 · ΔE 18.1

Tritanopia

#7d8884 · ΔE 31.1

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 26.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7f42a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7f42a8]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#7f42a8 (#7f42a8) is rgb(127, 66, 168) in RGB.

No, #7f42a8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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