#70279C#70279C

#70279C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.182 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70279C
RGB	rgb(112, 39, 156)
HSL	hsl(277, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(277, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 75%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.47, 51.35, -49.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.47, 71.39, 315.99°)
OKLab	oklab(44.08% 0.1147 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(44.08% 0.182 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.4071, 7.2963, 32.1481)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70279C #539C27

analogous

#35279C #70279C #9C278D

triadic

#70279C #9C7027 #279C70

tetradic

#70279C #9C3527 #539C27 #278D9C

square

#70279C #9C3527 #539C27 #278D9C

split-complementary

#70279C #8D9C27 #279C35

monochromatic

#2A0F3A #4D1B6B #70279C #9334CC #AD65D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#70279C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#70279C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #70279C

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70279C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##70279C	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#044D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#694260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70279c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 39, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.182 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d69ba',
    500: '#70279c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70279c;
$custom-light: #9d69ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70279c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.436,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44082,
    "c": 0.18151,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70279C

secondary

#84BE61

accent

#E34580

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #70279C

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

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