HEX Color #7C42A8 (Rebeccapurple)

About #7C42A8

When working with digital screens, the color #7C42A8 is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Rebeccapurple. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 124, 66, and 168.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. Its ink density profile breaks down to 26% cyan, 61% magenta, 0% yellow, and 34% black. With a hue angle of 274.1 degrees, it sits comfortably in the purple spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #FFFFFF text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#7C42A8

RGB124, 66, 168

HSL274.1°, 43.6%, 45.9%

CMYK26%, 61%, 0%, 34%

HSV274.1°, 60.7%, 65.9%

LAB39.6, 43.9, -45.3

XYZ17.3, 11.0, 38.3

Decimal8143528

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#7C42A8 #6DA841

Analogous

#4841A8 #A841A1

Triadic

#A87C41 #41A87C

Tetradic

#A84941 #6DA841 #41A0A8

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#7C42A8

#8A57B1

#996CBB

#A781C5

#B696CE

#C4ABD8

#D3C0E2

#E1D5EB

#F0EAF5

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#7C42A8

#6E3A95

#603382

#522C70

#44245D

#371D4A

#291638

#1B0E25

#0D0712

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

6.56:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA

3.20:1

Text on #000000

AA Large

6.27:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA

2.72:1

Text on #0F172A

FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #7C42A8; }

.text-color { color: #7C42A8; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #7C42A8; }

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Rebeccapurple

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