#70279B#70279B

#70279B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.181 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70279B
RGB	rgb(112, 39, 155)
HSL	hsl(278, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(278, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 74.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.40, 51.12, -49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.40, 70.89, 316.15°)
OKLab	oklab(44.01% 0.1149 -0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(44.01% 0.181 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.3228, 7.2626, 31.7040)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70279B #529B27

analogous

#36279B #70279B #9B278C

triadic

#70279B #9B7027 #279B70

tetradic

#70279B #9B3627 #529B27 #278C9B

square

#70279B #9B3627 #529B27 #278C9B

split-complementary

#70279B #8C9B27 #279B36

monochromatic

#290E39 #4D1B6A #70279B #9333CC #AD64D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#70279B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#70279B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #70279B

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70279B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##70279B	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#074D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A425F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70279b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 39, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.181 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d69b9',
    500: '#70279b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70279b;
$custom-light: #9d69b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70279b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.759,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44005,
    "c": 0.18052,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70279B

secondary

#83BE60

accent

#E3457F

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #70279B

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

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