#70238E#70238E

#70238E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.172 H 314.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70238E
RGB	rgb(112, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(283, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(283, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.88, 49.91, -43.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.88, 66.27, 318.86°)
OKLab	oklab(42.63% 0.1209 -0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(42.63% 0.172 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1648, 6.6002, 26.2191)
Luminance	0.0660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70238E #418E23

analogous

#3B238E #70238E #8E2376

triadic

#70238E #8E7023 #238E70

tetradic

#70238E #8E3B23 #418E23 #23768E

square

#70238E #8E3B23 #418E23 #23768E

split-complementary

#70238E #768E23 #238E3B

monochromatic

#230B2C #49175D #70238E #972FBF #B256D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#70238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#70238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #70238E

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##70238E	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D4B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D3A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.172 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d66b0',
    500: '#70238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70238e;
$custom-light: #9d66b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.178,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4263,
    "c": 0.17248,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70238E

secondary

#70B953

accent

#E44471

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF5

border

#CDC6CF

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #70238E

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

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