PURPLE

Violet Wheel

#7F00FF

Conversions

HEX#7F00FF

RGBrgb(127, 0, 255)

HSLhsl(270, 100%, 50%)

HSVhsv(270, 100%, 100%)

CMYKcmyk(50%, 100%, 0%, 0%)

Copy CSS

color: #7f00ff;
/* rgb  */ color: rgb(127, 0, 255);
/* hsl  */ color: hsl(270, 100%, 50%);

Contrast

On whitePass · 6.28 : 1

On ink blackFail · 3.05 : 1

Shades

Tints

Pairings

About Violet Wheel

Violet Wheel is the hex color #7F00FF, which translates to rgb(127, 0, 255) in RGB and hsl(270, 100%, 50%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 270 degrees, with a saturation of 100 percent and a lightness of 50 percent. Its OKLCH chroma of 0.293 is high, so Violet Wheel is one of the more vivid purple tones here and is easy to overuse at large sizes.

How Violet Wheel compares

The closest standard CSS keyword is blue (#0000FF), a CIE76 distance of 17.1 away in CIELAB. That is a visible difference, so the keyword is not a substitute here. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is violet-600 (#7F22FE), at a distance of 6.8. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Electric Violet at 3.9. Sorted by lightness, Violet Wheel is number 13 of the 31 purple colors here.

Text on Violet Wheel

2 of the five common text colors below clear WCAG AA for normal text on Violet Wheel, led by White at 6.28:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Violet Wheel already loaded as the background.

Contrast of common text colors on Violet Wheel. AA normal text needs 4.5:1, AA large text and non-text elements need 3:1, AAA normal text needs 7:1.
Text color	Ratio	AA normal	AA large	AAA normal
White #FFFFFF	6.28:1	Pass	Pass	Fail
Ink black #0F0F12	3.05:1	Fail	Pass	Fail
Mid grey #6B7280	1.30:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Dark grey #374151	1.64:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Light grey #E5E7EB	5.07:1	Pass	Pass	Fail

Building a palette around Violet Wheel

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Violet Wheel for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

Full values for Violet Wheel

Format	Value
HEX	#7F00FF
RGB	rgb(127, 0, 255)
HSL	hsl(270, 100%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(270, 100%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 100%, 0%, 0%)
OKLCH	oklch(52.94% 0.2931 293.61)
CIELAB	lab(40.79 83.09 -93.50)

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.