#70238B#70238B

#70238B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.170 H 315.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70238B
RGB	rgb(112, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(284, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(284, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.67, 49.28, -42.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.67, 64.81, 319.50°)
OKLab	oklab(42.41% 0.1213 -0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(42.41% 0.17 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.9426, 6.5113, 25.0488)
Luminance	0.0651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70238B #3E8B23

analogous

#3C238B #70238B #8B2372

triadic

#70238B #8B7023 #238B70

tetradic

#70238B #8B3C23 #3E8B23 #23728B

square

#70238B #8B3C23 #3E8B23 #23728B

split-complementary

#70238B #728B23 #238B3C

monochromatic

#210A29 #49175A #70238B #972FBC #B354D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#70238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#70238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #70238B

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##70238B	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#214A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E3955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.170 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d66ad',
    500: '#70238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70238b;
$custom-light: #9d66ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.423,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42413,
    "c": 0.16962,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70238B

secondary

#6CB852

accent

#E3456E

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF4

border

#CDC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #70238B

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

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