#70159E#70159E

#70159E is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.200 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70159E
RGB	rgb(112, 21, 158)
HSL	hsl(280, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(280, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 86.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.52, 57.89, -53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.52, 79.16, 317.00°)
OKLab	oklab(42.77% 0.1285 -0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(42.77% 0.2 310)
XYZ	xyz(13.1206, 6.4500, 32.8949)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70159E #439E15

analogous

#2C159E #70159E #9E1587

triadic

#70159E #9E7015 #159E70

tetradic

#70159E #9E2C15 #439E15 #15879E

square

#70159E #9E2C15 #439E15 #15879E

split-complementary

#70159E #879E15 #159E2C

monochromatic

#230732 #4A0E68 #70159E #961CD4 #B147E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#70159E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#70159E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #70159E

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70159E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##70159E	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#693C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70159e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 21, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.200 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e62bc',
    500: '#70159e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70159e;
$custom-light: #9e62bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70159e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.854,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42765,
    "c": 0.20015,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.0645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70159E

secondary

#72C747

accent

#F33575

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #70159E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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