#70179F#70179F

#70179F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.200 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70179F
RGB	rgb(112, 23, 159)
HSL	hsl(279, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(279, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 85.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.79, 57.56, -54.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.79, 79.04, 316.74°)
OKLab	oklab(42.97% 0.127 -0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(42.97% 0.2 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.2452, 6.5610, 33.3628)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70179F #469F17

analogous

#2C179F #70179F #9F178A

triadic

#70179F #9F7017 #179F70

tetradic

#70179F #9F2C17 #469F17 #178A9F

square

#70179F #9F2C17 #469F17 #178A9F

split-complementary

#70179F #8A9F17 #179F2C

monochromatic

#250834 #4A0F6A #70179F #961FD4 #B04BE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#70179F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#70179F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #70179F

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70179F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##70179F	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#693D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70179f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 23, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.200 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e62bc',
    500: '#70179f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70179f;
$custom-light: #9e62bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70179f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.265,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42974,
    "c": 0.19957,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70179F

secondary

#76C74B

accent

#F13677

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF7

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #70179F

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

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