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Tailwind violet-700

In Tailwind CSS 4.3.3, violet-700 is defined as oklch(49.1% 0.27 292.581); in hex that is #7008e7, or rgb(112 8 231). White text on it reaches 7.30:1, passing WCAG AAA, and Recolor (recolor.page) can show it on a real page.

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#7008e7violet-700
From the theme file of Tailwind CSS 4.3.3 (--color-violet-700), converted with Recolor's color code, October 9, 2026
FormatValue
OKLCH, as Tailwind writes itoklch(49.1% 0.27 292.581)
Hex#7008e7
RGBrgb(112 8 231)
HSLhsl(268 93% 47%)
CSS variablevar(--color-violet-700)
Nearest CSS nameblueviolet #8a2be2, 0.062 away in OKLab
White text7.30:1: AA passes, AAA passes, large text passes
Black text2.88:1: AA fails, AAA fails, large text fails

About violet-700

In OKLCH, violet-700 has a lightness of 49.1%, a chroma of 0.270 and a hue of 292.6 degrees, which makes it a vivid dark purple. The step up to violet-600 is 5.0 points of lightness, and the step down to violet-800 5.9 points.

Here HSL's lightness, 47%, lands near OKLCH's 49.1%, which is not true of every color. The value lies inside sRGB, the gamut of a hex code, so violet-700 converts to #7008e7 without losing chroma.

For text, violet-700 wants white: 7.30:1 clears even AAA's 7:1, and black at 2.88:1 fails AA. On the violet scale white text works from violet-600 to violet-950; violet-700 has 1 shade of margin.

No CSS keyword matches it; blueviolet (#8a2be2) is the nearest, 0.062 away in OKLab, a clear step off.

Tints and shades

  1. #e3deff
  2. #c9bdfd
  3. #af9bfa
  4. #9878f5
  5. #8350ef
  6. #7008e7
  7. #5605b5
  8. #3e0286
  9. #270159
  10. #120030
  11. #02000c

From light to dark: 5 toward white and 5 toward black, mixed in OKLCH a sixth of the way at a time with the hue kept. A step that would repeat its neighbor is left out.

A palette around it

  1. #7008e7
  2. #eaa3c4
  3. #31261b
  4. #e1e9c8
  5. #7175b1

Locked as the first of five swatches, violet-700 gets #eaa3c4, #31261b, #e1e9c8, #7175b1 from Recolor's generator, a free palette, hues spread around the wheel. The seed is its hex, so the palette stays the same. Open it in Recolor.

Using violet-700

Pair it with text-white, 7.30:1; violet-700 as text on a white page measures the same ratio. In CSS it is var(--color-violet-700).

HTML
<a class="bg-violet-700 text-white" href="/start">Get started</a>
<p class="text-violet-700">Text in violet-700</p>

Common questions

Does white text pass WCAG AA on Tailwind violet-700?

Yes. White text measures 7.30:1 on violet-700, above the 4.5:1 that WCAG AA asks of body text, and above AAA's 7:1 too.

Is Tailwind violet-700 defined in OKLCH?

Yes. Tailwind CSS 4.3.3 defines it as --color-violet-700: oklch(49.1% 0.27 292.581); #7008e7 is its conversion to sRGB.

Is there a CSS named color for Tailwind violet-700?

No. The nearest CSS named color is blueviolet (#8a2be2), 0.062 away in OKLab.

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