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Tailwind Violet 600 in OKLCH

Quick answer: Tailwind Violet 600 is #7C3AED, which converts to oklch(0.541 0.247 293.00). On white, it has a WCAG contrast ratio of 5.69:1 and an APCA score of Lc +77.47.

This meets the WCAG 2.2 AA text threshold (4.5:1) on white. The color shipped in Tailwind CSS v4.0 (January 2025) as part of the OKLCH default palette, which has 92% global browser support (caniuse, April 2026).

oklch(0.541 0.247 293.00)

Tailwind Violet 600 is a Tailwind utility color. This page frames #7C3AED as a utility stop: copy the generated @theme scale below, or map it into your own tokens.

  • Specs

    oklch(0.541 0.247 293.00)
    #7C3AED

    Highest contrast: white

    5.69:1
    Normal AAmeets WCAG 2.2
    Normal AAAdoes not meet WCAG 2.2
    Large AAmeets WCAG 2.2
    Large AAAmeets WCAG 2.2
    Lc +77.47
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  • Accessibility lens

    • Base#7C3AED
    • 300#A987FF
    • 500#7C3AED
    • 700#4D00A3

    Toggle a lens to preview this color under color vision differences.

How does Tailwind Violet 600 go from primitive to component?

  1. Primitive
  2. Semantic
  3. Component

Primitive

The raw value, before it means anything.

hex
#7C3AED
oklch
oklch(0.541 0.247 293.00)

Semantic

Bound to a role token that UI reads by name.

--primary: #7C3AED

One primitive feeds the role. --primary then drives --ring and the hover and active states below, so a single value stays in sync everywhere.

Component

Applied to real UI across states.

AA5.69:1
DefaultSave paletteNew
HoverSave paletteNew
ActiveSave paletteNew
DisabledSave paletteNew

On-color text: white (5.69:1 on #7C3AED).

How does Tailwind Violet 600 scale from 50 to 950?

Tailwind Violet 600
50 to 950
#F6F0FF
#DACFFF
#C1ACFF
#A987FF
#9262FF
#7C3AED
#651DCA
#4D00A3
#360078
#20004F
#0D002A
  • 50oklch(0.964 0.021 304.04)
  • 100oklch(0.879 0.066 295.50)
  • 200oklch(0.793 0.118 295.21)
  • 300oklch(0.707 0.172 294.66)
  • 400oklch(0.627 0.222 292.97)
  • 500oklch(0.541 0.247 293.01)
  • 600oklch(0.459 0.234 293.14)
  • 700oklch(0.377 0.210 292.73)
  • 800oklch(0.300 0.168 292.14)
  • 900oklch(0.223 0.125 291.00)
  • 950oklch(0.147 0.083 289.90)

How does Tailwind Violet 600 score on WCAG 2.2 contrast?

Every fg × bg combination, with WCAG 2.2 verdicts.

AAA (7:1+)
AA (4.5:1+)
Below AA (under 4.5:1)
Hover for APCA
Aa1.00Below AA
Aa1.77Below AA
Aa3.47Below AA
Aa7.29AAA
Aa13.18AAA
Aa17.92AAA
Aa1.77Below AA
Aa1.00Below AA
Aa1.96Below AA
Aa4.11Below AA
Aa7.43AAA
Aa10.10AAA
Aa3.47Below AA
Aa1.96Below AA
Aa1.00Below AA
Aa2.09Below AA
Aa3.79Below AA
Aa5.15AA
Aa7.29AAA
Aa4.11Below AA
Aa2.09Below AA
Aa1.00Below AA
Aa1.80Below AA
Aa2.45Below AA
Aa13.18AAA
Aa7.43AAA
Aa3.79Below AA
Aa1.80Below AA
Aa1.00Below AA
Aa1.35Below AA
Aa17.92AAA
Aa10.10AAA
Aa5.15AA
Aa2.45Below AA
Aa1.35Below AA
Aa1.00Below AA

Does Tailwind Violet 600 pass WCAG 2.2 on common neutral backgrounds?

  • Aa5.69AA

    White #FFFFFF

  • Aa5.22AA

    Neutral 100 #F5F5F5

  • Aa4.52AA

    Neutral 200 #E5E5E5

  • Aa2.25Below AA

    Neutral 400 #A3A3A3

  • Aa1.37Below AA

    Neutral 600 #525252

  • Aa3.14Below AA

    Neutral 900 #171717

  • Aa3.68Below AA

    Black #000000

What palettes pair with Tailwind Violet 600?

  • Analogous

    • #3A8DED
    • #3A43ED
    • #7C3AED
    • #C73AED
    • #ED3AC9

  • Complementary

    • #AB80F3
    • #7C3AED

  • Triadic

    • #7C3AED
    • #4F11BA
    • #ED7C3A

Where should you use Tailwind Violet 600 in production UI?

bg: primary-50 · border: primary-100
Monthly revenue
$48,219
text: primary-900
+12.4% vs last mo.
badge: primary-100 / primary-700
primary-500 / white
$8.2k
JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJUL
bg: primary-600 · fg: white
ONBOARDING · STEP 2
Export your first design system this week.
bg: surface · border: neutral-200
SYSTEM
All systems normal
APIprimary-50 / primary-700Webprimary-50 / primary-700Pluginprimary-50 / primary-700
Tokens
248
+18 this week
overlay: primary-700 → primary-800 · fg: white
"One color system, every screen in sync."
Maya Okafor
Design systems lead
EPISODE 14
Designing color systems that scale
28:14
bg: primary-900
--primary-500
#7C3AED
focus ring: primary-100COMPONENT · INPUT
Search projects…⌘K
button-primary: primary-600 / whitebutton-secondary: primary-50 / primary-700
SETTINGS
Weekly digest
Net new tokens
$15,989
$18,871 last period

Notes on Tailwind Violet 600

Violet 600 is the loudest color in this set, oklch(0.541 0.247 293) with chroma up at 0.247, so it works as an attention primary, a premium accent, or a gradient endpoint. As text or a filled button on white it meets WCAG 2.2 AA (5.6:1, APCA Lc +77.47); on a near-black surface it settles to AA Large (3.68:1), so size up any dark-mode usage. Its analogous neighbors run electric, from a blue #3A43ED to a magenta #ED3AC9, which makes a natural gradient, and the triad balances it with a warm orange #ED7C3A. Keep the chrome on neutral slate so the violet stays the event. Under the accessibility lens the red channel weakens: protanopia and deuteranopia both pull it toward blue (#6368B7), so a violet-versus-blue distinction can vanish, and tritanopia mutes it to a soft green (#799F98). Lean on shape and position, not the exact hue, when it signals state.

What other Tailwind and shadcn colors relate to Tailwind Violet 600?

Tailwind v4 @theme block

@theme {
  --color-primary-50: #f6f0ff;
  --color-primary-100: #dacfff;
  --color-primary-200: #c1acff;
  --color-primary-300: #a987ff;
  --color-primary-400: #9262ff;
  --color-primary-500: #7c3aed;
  --color-primary-600: #651dca;
  --color-primary-700: #4d00a3;
  --color-primary-800: #360078;
  --color-primary-900: #20004f;
  --color-primary-950: #0d002a;

  --color-secondary-50: #ffeeff;
  --color-secondary-100: #f2d3f6;
  --color-secondary-200: #e6b5ed;
  --color-secondary-300: #d998e3;
  --color-secondary-400: #ca7cd5;
  --color-secondary-500: #b862c5;
  --color-secondary-600: #9646a2;
  --color-secondary-700: #732e7d;
  --color-secondary-800: #501a58;
  --color-secondary-900: #300736;
  --color-secondary-950: #120016;

  --color-accent-50: #edf4ff;
  --color-accent-100: #cdd8ff;
  --color-accent-200: #abbbfa;
  --color-accent-300: #8b9ff3;
  --color-accent-400: #6e82e5;
  --color-accent-500: #5566d2;
  --color-accent-600: #404db1;
  --color-accent-700: #2e378d;
  --color-accent-800: #1d2366;
  --color-accent-900: #0e1142;
  --color-accent-950: #030321;

  --color-neutral-50: #f7f7f8;
  --color-neutral-100: #efeff1;
  --color-neutral-200: #e0dfe2;
  --color-neutral-300: #c6c4ca;
  --color-neutral-400: #a29ea9;
  --color-neutral-500: #7d7887;
  --color-neutral-600: #5f5b67;
  --color-neutral-700: #46434c;
  --color-neutral-800: #2d2b31;
  --color-neutral-900: #19181b;
  --color-neutral-950: #0f0e10;

  --color-success-50: #e6fce9;
  --color-success-100: #c4eaca;
  --color-success-200: #9ddaa7;
  --color-success-300: #74c985;
  --color-success-400: #4ab766;
  --color-success-500: #16a34a;
  --color-success-600: #008330;
  --color-success-700: #00631a;
  --color-success-800: #00440a;
  --color-success-900: #002700;
  --color-success-950: #000d00;

  --color-error-50: #ffebe6;
  --color-error-100: #ffc9c0;
  --color-error-200: #ffa398;
  --color-error-300: #fe7c6f;
  --color-error-400: #f0544a;
  --color-error-500: #dc2626;
  --color-error-600: #b8000a;
  --color-error-700: #910000;
  --color-error-800: #680000;
  --color-error-900: #420000;
  --color-error-950: #200000;

  --color-warning-50: #fff1e1;
  --color-warning-100: #fed9be;
  --color-warning-200: #f9c095;
  --color-warning-300: #f2a66a;
  --color-warning-400: #e78e40;
  --color-warning-500: #d97706;
  --color-warning-600: #b25800;
  --color-warning-700: #893d00;
  --color-warning-800: #612500;
  --color-warning-900: #3a0f00;
  --color-warning-950: #180000;

  --color-info-50: #e6f6ff;
  --color-info-100: #bfdaff;
  --color-info-200: #95bdff;
  --color-info-300: #6ca0ff;
  --color-info-400: #4782fd;
  --color-info-500: #2563eb;
  --color-info-600: #114ac8;
  --color-info-700: #0333a1;
  --color-info-800: #002076;
  --color-info-900: #000e4e;
  --color-info-950: #000129;

  /* Surfaces */
  --color-background: #F7F7F8;
  --color-surface: #FFFFFF;
  --color-elevated: #F7F7F8;
  --color-foreground: #19181B;
  --color-muted: #7D7887;
  --color-border: #E0DFE2;
}

How do you export Tailwind Violet 600 as design tokens?

Export a W3C DTCG token document for the Tailwind Violet 600 50 to 950 scale, ready for Style Dictionary or any DTCG aware pipeline.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Tailwind Violet 600 (#7C3AED) is oklch(0.541 0.247 293) in the OKLCH color space.

Tailwind Violet 600 passes WCAG 2.2 AA on white for normal text. Contrast ratios: 5.69:1 on white, 3.68:1 on black.

On white, Tailwind Violet 600 has an APCA Lc of 77.5. On black, Lc is -24.3. APCA is a perceptual contrast model, not a WCAG compliance standard.

Paste the snippet above into your tailwind.config (or globals.css with @theme).

Under deuteranopia (most common, around 5 percent of men), Tailwind Violet 600 simulates to #6368b7. Under protanopia it shifts to #5f5fc2. Under tritanopia it appears as #799f98. Always pair color with shape, label, or icon for accessibility.

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