#70279A#70279A

#70279A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.180 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70279A
RGB	rgb(112, 39, 154)
HSL	hsl(278, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(278, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 74.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.32, 50.90, -48.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.32, 70.39, 316.31°)
OKLab	oklab(43.93% 0.1151 -0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(43.93% 0.18 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.2392, 7.2292, 31.2635)
Luminance	0.0723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70279A #519A27

analogous

#37279A #70279A #9A278A

triadic

#70279A #9A7027 #279A70

tetradic

#70279A #9A3727 #519A27 #278A9A

square

#70279A #9A3727 #519A27 #278A9A

split-complementary

#70279A #8A9A27 #279A37

monochromatic

#290E38 #4C1B69 #70279A #9433CB #AD64D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#70279A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#70279A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #70279A

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70279A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##70279A	1.00	8.59	2.45	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B4D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70279a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 39, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.180 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d69b8',
    500: '#70279a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70279a;
$custom-light: #9d69b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70279a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.087,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43929,
    "c": 0.17952,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70279A

secondary

#82BD5F

accent

#E3457F

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0711

muted

#7F7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #70279A

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

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