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violet · cool

#7f2c9b

a dark, vivid violet · cool · closest name: Rebecca Purple

Token name suggestion: Slate Iris

RGB
127, 44, 155
HSL
285°, 56%, 39%
CMYK
18, 72, 0, 39
Luminance
0.0868

#7f2c9b is a dark vivid violet, 285° on the wheel and 58/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (7.68:1). As text it scores 7.68:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Rebecca Purple, nearest Tailwind family is violet.

hsl(285 56% 39%)rgb(127 44 155)Base step 700AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #7f2c9b is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#7f2c9b
Hue
285°
violet
Saturation
56%
vivid
Lightness
39%
dark
Brightness
61%
HSV value
Perceived
37%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.0868
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
58/100 cool
Color family
Violet
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
White
7.68:1
Closest name
Rebecca Purple
ΔE2000 5.1
Chroma
68.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.466
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
violet
500 · ΔE 18.3
Web-safe
#663399
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue285° of 360°
Saturation56%
Lightness39%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #7f2c9b.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool58% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red52%
Green21%
Blue27%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#7f2c9b
HEX (8-digit)#7f2c9bff
RGBrgb(127, 44, 155)
RGBArgba(127, 44, 155, 1)
HSLhsl(285, 56%, 39%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285, 72%, 61%)
HWBhwb(285 17% 39%)
CMYKcmyk(18%, 72%, 0%, 39%)
LABlab(35.4 52.2 -44.2)
LCHlch(35.4 68.4 319.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.466 0.180 316.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(15.57, 8.68, 31.86)
Decimal8334491
Display P3color(display-p3 0.498 0.173 0.608)
Web-safe#663399

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #7f2c9b;
background-color: #7f2c9b;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #7f2c9b;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#7f2c9b] bg-[#7f2c9b]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #7f2c9b;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.498, green: 0.173, blue: 0.608)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.498, green: 0.173, blue: 0.608, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#7F2C9B</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF7F2C9B)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF7F2C9B)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(155, 44, 127)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(127, 44, 155)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(127, 44, 155)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 127, 44, 155)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4980f, 0.1725f, 0.6078f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{127,44,155}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #7f2c9b 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #7f2c9b 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#511C63, #E7D3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #7f2c9b h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F9F4FB;
  --brand-100: #F3E9F6;
  --brand-200: #E6CEEE;
  --brand-300: #D6A8E6;
  --brand-400: #C27CDA;
  --brand-500: #AE50CD;
  --brand-600: #9C36BF;
  --brand-700: #7f2c9b;
  --brand-800: #68247F;
  --brand-900: #4D1E5D;
  --brand-950: #30133A;
  --brand: #7f2c9b;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F9F4FA;
  --brand-border: #E1C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #68247F;
  --brand-pressed: #511C63;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #201424;
    --brand-ink: #E7D3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9F4FB',
        100: '#F3E9F6',
        200: '#E6CEEE',
        300: '#D6A8E6',
        400: '#C27CDA',
        500: '#AE50CD',
        600: '#9C36BF',
        700: '#7f2c9b',
        800: '#68247F',
        900: '#4D1E5D',
        950: '#30133A',
        DEFAULT: '#7f2c9b',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9F4FB,
  '100': #F3E9F6,
  '200': #E6CEEE,
  '300': #D6A8E6,
  '400': #C27CDA,
  '500': #AE50CD,
  '600': #9C36BF,
  '700': #7f2c9b,
  '800': #68247F,
  '900': #4D1E5D,
  '950': #30133A,
);
$brand-base: #7f2c9b;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9F4FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F3E9F6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E6CEEE", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#D6A8E6", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#C27CDA", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#AE50CD", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#9C36BF", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#7f2c9b", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#68247F", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#4D1E5D", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#30133A", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #7f2c9b · 7.68:1
Use #ffffffAAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 7.68:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Aa
Black text · 2.74:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #7f2c9b as text scores 7.68:1 on white and 2.74:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #F6EBF9 at 6.64:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#7f2c9b · 7.68:1
AA on whitealready passes
#7f2c9b
The quick fox
#7f2c9b · 7.68:1
AAA on whitealready passes
#7f2c9b
The quick fox
#AA48CB · 4.50:1
AA on black+15% L
#AA48CB
The quick fox
#C27CDA · 7.19:1
AAA on black+28% L
#C27CDA

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #7F2C9B is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#7f2c9b on white: 7.68:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#7f2c9b on black: 2.74:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #7f2c9b as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #7f2c9b.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White7.68:1AaAa
Slate 507.34:1AaAa
Slate 1007.01:1AaAa
Slate 2006.23:1AaAa
Slate 3005.17:1AaAa
Slate 4002.99:1AaAa
Slate 5001.61:1AaAa
Slate 6001.01:1AaAa
Slate 7001.35:1AaAa
Slate 8001.91:1AaAa
Slate 9002.33:1AaAa
Black2.74:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #004E9E
deuteranopia · #2C5598
tritanopia · #7D4260

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #7f2c9b is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F9F4FB
#F3E9F6
#E6CEEE
#D6A8E6
#C27CDA
#AE50CD
#9C36BF
#7f2c9b
#68247F
#4D1E5D
#30133A
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #F9F4FBDarkest = 950 · #30133AText step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.045 316.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.072 316.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.108 316.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.140 316.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.165 316.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.180 316.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.180 316.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.169 316.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.151 316.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.126 316.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.099 316.2);
}

Colors that work with #7f2c9b

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F9F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#E1C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#874B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#67A329
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#511C63
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F6EBF9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#201424
Dark-mode background
Hover#68247F
One step down in lightness
Pressed#511C63
Two steps down
Disabled#A686B1
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#9126B6
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #7f2c9b

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text on black or near-black surfaces
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Black text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

creativepremiummodernimaginative

Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Deep violets swallow detail on screens with poor gamma; check it on a cheap laptop panel.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight61/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#489B2C
Analogous left#482C9B
Analogous right#9B2C7F
Split-complement 1#7F9B2C
Split-complement 2#2C9B48
Triadic 1#9B7F2C
Triadic 2#2C9B7F
Tetradic#9B482C
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°285°

#7f2c9b sits at 285°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red49.8%
Green17.3%
Blue60.8%
R · 0–255
127
0x7f
G · 0–255
44
0x2c
B · 0–255
155
0x9b

CMYK percentages

Cyan18.1%
Magenta71.6%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)39.2%

Total ink coverage is 129%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#7f2c9b text on a black background

contrast 2.74:1

Card sample

#7f2c9b text on a white background

contrast 7.68:1

Card sample

#7f2c9b on grey

7.01:1

#7f2c9b on its own surface

7.07:1

#7f2c9b on its dark surface

2.31:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #7f2c9b;
Background color
Panel with #7f2c9b background
background-color: #7f2c9b;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #7f2c9b;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(127, 44, 155, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(127, 44, 155, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #7f2c9b;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7f2c9b, #9B2C6D);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #7f2c9b, #9B2C51);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #7f2c9b;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #7f2c9b;
caret-color: #7f2c9b;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #7f2c9b;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F6EBF9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #7f2c9b;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#7f2c9b 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #7f2c9b over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(127, 44, 155, 0.5)
rgb(127 44 155 / 50%)
#7f2c9b80
hsl(285 56% 39% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #7f2c9b 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#7f2c9b1a#F2EAF5
20%#7f2c9b33#E5D5EB
40%#7f2c9b66#CCABD7
60%#7f2c9b99#B280C3
80%#7f2c9bcc#9956AF

Gradients from #7f2c9b

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #A53CC8, #7f2c9b 45%, #511C63);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #7f2c9b, #832554);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #7f2c9b, #489B2C);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #B054CF 0%, #7f2c9b 45%, #511C63 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #4E37C3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #B33388 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #511C63 0%, transparent 65%), #7f2c9b;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #7f2c9b

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#7f2c9b in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Creative toolsFintechBeautyLuxury
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 2.74:1 — lift it to #AA48CB for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#7f2c9b, answered

What color is #7f2c9b?

#7f2c9b is a dark vivid violet, closest to Rebecca Purple (ΔE2000 5.1). It sits at 285° on the hue wheel with 56% saturation and 39% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #7f2c9b?

rgb(127, 44, 155) — 127 red, 44 green and 155 blue out of 255, or 49.8% / 17.3% / 60.8% by channel.

What is #7f2c9b in HSL and HSV?

hsl(285, 56%, 39%) and hsv(285, 72%, 61%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #7f2c9b a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.0868 and perceived brightness is 37%, so white text on it reaches 7.68:1.

Should I use black or white text on #7f2c9b?

White. It scores 7.68:1 against #7f2c9b, versus 2.74:1 for black — AAA at any size.

Is #7f2c9b accessible on a white background?

#7f2c9b on white scores 7.68:1, which clears AAA at every size.

What is the complementary color of #7f2c9b?

#489B2C sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #7F9B2C and #2C9B48, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #7f2c9b?

For interface work: #F9F4FA as the surface, #E1C0ED for borders, #874B9B for secondary text, #67A329 as an accent and #511C63 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #482C9B and #9B2C7F stays calm, while #489B2C is the loudest partner.

What is #7f2c9b in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(18%, 72%, 0%, 39%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #7f2c9b warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 58 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #9B2C8E; nudged cooler, #562A9D.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #7f2c9b?

The violet family — its 500 step is #8b5cf6, ΔE2000 18.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #7f2c9b as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #7f2c9b in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#7f2c9b] or text-[#7f2c9b], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #7f2c9b with 50% opacity?

rgba(127, 44, 155, 0.5), or #7f2c9b80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #BF96CD; over black, #40164E.

Is #7f2c9b a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #663399, ΔE2000 5.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #7f2c9b mean?

As a violet, it reads creative, premium, modern. Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #7f2c9b?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #A53CC8, #7f2c9b 45%, #511C63). For more colour, a short hue run to #832554 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #7f2c9b in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #7f2c9b at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.