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#7C3AED Blue Violet

The nearest named color to #7C3AED is Blue Violet (#8A2BE2).

#7C3AED

Blue Violet

What are the RGB, HSL, OKLCH and CMYK values of #7C3AED?

HEX
#7C3AED
RGB
rgb(124, 58, 237)
HSL
hsl(262, 83%, 58%)
OKLCH
oklch(54.1% 0.247 293)
CMYK
48, 76, 0, 7

#7C3AED has a contrast ratio of 5.70:1 against white and 3.69:1 against black, so white is the better background for text in this color and light text reads best on it.

Contrast checker

Text color (rows) on background (columns), scored against WCAG 2.2. White and near-black text on this color.

WCAG contrast ratio for each text and background color combination
Text ↓ / Bg → #7C3AED
#7C3AED
Same color
White
5.7AA
Near-black
3.1AA18

AAA ≥ 7:1 · AA ≥ 4.5:1 body text· AA18 ≥ 3:1 large text (18pt, or 14pt bold) only

Text that works on each color

  • White on #7C3AED · 5.7:1

Tints and shades of #7C3AED

Same hue and chroma in OKLCH, lighter to darker.

  1. #F5F3FF
  2. #D6CEFF
  3. #BAA7FF
  4. #9F7DFF
  5. #7C3AED
  6. #6E23DA
  7. #5200AC
  8. #360075
  9. #1B0042

Colors that go with #7C3AED

Six harmony rules built from this color. Open any in the Studio.

Color blindness check

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Simulated with the Machado (2009) model.

Typical
Deuteranopia

No green cones — the most common form. Blue Violet, #7C3AED and Blue, #1531E9 become hard to tell apart — don't rely on color alone to separate them.

Export

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:root {
  --blue-violet-1: #7C3AED; /* Blue Violet */
}

Palettes, gradients and meshes with #7C3AED

Items using this color or one perceptually close to it, closest first.

Palettes (3)

Gradients (2)

Mesh gradients (5)