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violet · cool

#7f4ab9

a balanced, soft violet · cool · closest name: Dark Orchid

Token name suggestion: Studio Thistle

RGB
127, 74, 185
HSL
269°, 44%, 51%
CMYK
31, 60, 0, 28
Luminance
0.1291

#7f4ab9 is a balanced soft violet, 269° on the wheel and 67/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (5.86:1). As text it scores 5.86:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Dark Orchid, nearest Tailwind family is violet.

hsl(269 44% 51%)rgb(127 74 185)Base step 600AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #7f4ab9 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#7f4ab9
Hue
269°
violet
Saturation
44%
soft
Lightness
51%
balanced
Brightness
73%
HSV value
Perceived
43%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1291
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
67/100 cool
Color family
Violet
Tone
Soft
Best ink
White
5.86:1
Closest name
Dark Orchid
ΔE2000 6
Chroma
67.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.524
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
violet
500 · ΔE 10.8
Web-safe
#6633CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue269° of 360°
Saturation44%
Lightness51%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #7f4ab9.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool67% 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
Red35%
Green38%
Blue27%

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

Every format

HEX#7f4ab9
HEX (8-digit)#7f4ab9ff
RGBrgb(127, 74, 185)
RGBArgba(127, 74, 185, 1)
HSLhsl(269, 44%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269, 60%, 73%)
HWBhwb(269 29% 27%)
CMYKcmyk(31%, 60%, 0%, 28%)
LABlab(42.6 44.5 -50.4)
LCHlch(42.6 67.2 311.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.524 0.170 303.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(19.96, 12.91, 47.33)
Decimal8342201
Display P3color(display-p3 0.498 0.290 0.725)
Web-safe#6633CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #7f4ab9;
background-color: #7f4ab9;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #7f4ab9;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#7f4ab9] bg-[#7f4ab9]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #7f4ab9;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.498, green: 0.290, blue: 0.725)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.498, green: 0.290, blue: 0.725, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#7F4AB9</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF7F4AB9)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF7F4AB9)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(185, 74, 127)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(127, 74, 185)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(127, 74, 185)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 127, 74, 185)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4980f, 0.2902f, 0.7255f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{127,74,185}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #7f4ab9 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #7f4ab9 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#3E245C, #E0D3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #7f4ab9 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: #F7F5FA;
  --brand-100: #EFEAF5;
  --brand-200: #DDD1EB;
  --brand-300: #C6AEE0;
  --brand-400: #A986D0;
  --brand-500: #8C5DC0;
  --brand-600: #7f4ab9;
  --brand-700: #643993;
  --brand-800: #502E76;
  --brand-900: #3C2456;
  --brand-950: #261736;
  --brand: #7f4ab9;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F7F4FA;
  --brand-border: #D5C4E8;
  --brand-hover: #6D3EA1;
  --brand-pressed: #5C3487;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1C1424;
    --brand-ink: #E0D3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F7F5FA',
        100: '#EFEAF5',
        200: '#DDD1EB',
        300: '#C6AEE0',
        400: '#A986D0',
        500: '#8C5DC0',
        600: '#7f4ab9',
        700: '#643993',
        800: '#502E76',
        900: '#3C2456',
        950: '#261736',
        DEFAULT: '#7f4ab9',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F7F5FA,
  '100': #EFEAF5,
  '200': #DDD1EB,
  '300': #C6AEE0,
  '400': #A986D0,
  '500': #8C5DC0,
  '600': #7f4ab9,
  '700': #643993,
  '800': #502E76,
  '900': #3C2456,
  '950': #261736,
);
$brand-base: #7f4ab9;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F7F5FA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EFEAF5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#DDD1EB", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#C6AEE0", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#A986D0", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#8C5DC0", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#7f4ab9", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#643993", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#502E76", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#3C2456", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#261736", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #7f4ab9 · 5.86:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 5.86:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 3.58:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #7f4ab9 as text scores 5.86:1 on white and 3.58:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #F2EDF8 at 5.09:1.

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
#7f4ab9 · 5.86:1
AA on whitealready passes
#7f4ab9
The quick fox
#7040A5 · 7.08:1
AAA on white−6% L
#7040A5
The quick fox
#8F60C2 · 4.62:1
AA on black+6% L
#8F60C2
The quick fox
#AB89D1 · 7.23:1
AAA on black+17% L
#AB89D1

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #7F4AB9 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
#7f4ab9 on white: 5.86:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#7f4ab9 on black: 3.58:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #7f4ab9 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #7f4ab9.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White5.86:1AaAa
Slate 505.60:1AaAa
Slate 1005.35:1AaAa
Slate 2004.75:1AaAa
Slate 3003.95:1AaAa
Slate 4002.29:1AaAa
Slate 5001.23:1AaAa
Slate 6001.29:1AaAa
Slate 7001.77:1AaAa
Slate 8002.50:1AaAa
Slate 9003.05:1AaAa
Black3.58:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #1064BD
deuteranopia · #2D64B6
tritanopia · #74617A

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. #7f4ab9 is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F7F5FA
#EFEAF5
#DDD1EB
#C6AEE0
#A986D0
#8C5DC0
#7f4ab9
#643993
#502E76
#3C2456
#261736
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #F7F5FADarkest = 950 · #261736Text step on white = 500
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 0.043 303.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.068 303.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.102 303.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.133 303.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.156 303.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.170 303.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.170 303.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.160 303.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.143 303.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.119 303.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.094 303.0);
}

Colors that work with #7f4ab9

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#F7F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#D5C4E8
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#714B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#819735
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#3E245C
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F2EDF8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1C1424
Dark-mode background
Hover#6D3EA1
One step down in lightness
Pressed#5C3487
Two steps down
Disabled#B9AAC9
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#894DCA
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
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #7f4ab9

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

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • 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.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

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

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight49/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

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#84B94A
Analogous left#4A4DB9
Analogous right#B64AB9
Split-complement 1#B9B64A
Split-complement 2#4DB94A
Triadic 1#B97F4A
Triadic 2#4AB97F
Tetradic#B94A4D
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°269°

#7f4ab9 sits at 269°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red49.8%
Green29.0%
Blue72.5%
R · 0–255
127
0x7f
G · 0–255
74
0x4a
B · 0–255
185
0xb9

CMYK percentages

Cyan31.4%
Magenta60.0%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)27.5%

Total ink coverage is 119%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#7f4ab9 text on a black background

contrast 3.58:1

Card sample

#7f4ab9 text on a white background

contrast 5.86:1

Card sample

#7f4ab9 on grey

5.35:1

#7f4ab9 on its own surface

5.38:1

#7f4ab9 on its dark surface

3.05:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #7f4ab9;
Background color
Panel with #7f4ab9 background
background-color: #7f4ab9;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #7f4ab9;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(127, 74, 185, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(127, 74, 185, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #7f4ab9;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7f4ab9, #B94AA9);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #7f4ab9, #B94A8D);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #7f4ab9;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #7f4ab9;
caret-color: #7f4ab9;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #7f4ab9;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F2EDF8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #7f4ab9;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#7f4ab9 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #7f4ab9 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, 74, 185, 0.5)
rgb(127 74 185 / 50%)
#7f4ab980
hsl(269 44% 51% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #7f4ab9 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#7f4ab91a#F2EDF8
20%#7f4ab933#E5DBF1
40%#7f4ab966#CCB7E3
60%#7f4ab999#B292D5
80%#7f4ab9cc#996EC7

Gradients from #7f4ab9

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, #9E76CA, #7f4ab9 45%, #3E245C);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #7f4ab9, #A5408E);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #7f4ab9, #84B94A);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #AE8CD3 0%, #7f4ab9 45%, #3E245C 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F7F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #6F78C7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #C260BC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #3E245C 0%, transparent 65%), #7f4ab9;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #7f4ab9

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.

#7f4ab9 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 3.58:1 — lift it to #8F60C2 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.

#7f4ab9, answered

What color is #7f4ab9?

#7f4ab9 is a balanced soft violet, closest to Dark Orchid (ΔE2000 6). It sits at 269° on the hue wheel with 44% saturation and 51% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #7f4ab9?

rgb(127, 74, 185) — 127 red, 74 green and 185 blue out of 255, or 49.8% / 29% / 72.5% by channel.

What is #7f4ab9 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(269, 44%, 51%) and hsv(269, 60%, 73%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #7f4ab9 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1291 and perceived brightness is 43%, so white text on it reaches 5.86:1.

Should I use black or white text on #7f4ab9?

White. It scores 5.86:1 against #7f4ab9, versus 3.58:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #7f4ab9 accessible on a white background?

#7f4ab9 on white scores 5.86:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #7f4ab9?

#84B94A sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #B9B64A and #4DB94A, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #7f4ab9?

For interface work: #F7F4FA as the surface, #D5C4E8 for borders, #714B9B for secondary text, #819735 as an accent and #3E245C for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #4A4DB9 and #B64AB9 stays calm, while #84B94A is the loudest partner.

What is #7f4ab9 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(31%, 60%, 0%, 28%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #7f4ab9 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 67 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #A84AB9; nudged cooler, #5448BC.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #7f4ab9?

The violet family — its 500 step is #8b5cf6, ΔE2000 10.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #7f4ab9 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #7f4ab9 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#7f4ab9] or text-[#7f4ab9], 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 #7f4ab9 with 50% opacity?

rgba(127, 74, 185, 0.5), or #7f4ab980 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #BFA5DC; over black, #40255D.

Is #7f4ab9 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #6633CC, ΔE2000 7.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #7f4ab9 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 moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #7f4ab9?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #9E76CA, #7f4ab9 45%, #3E245C). For more colour, a short hue run to #A5408E keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #7f4ab9 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #7f4ab9 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.