#70279E#70279E

#70279E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.183 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70279E
RGB	rgb(112, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(277, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(277, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 75.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.62, 51.80, -50.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.62, 72.39, 315.68°)
OKLab	oklab(44.24% 0.1144 -0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(44.24% 0.184 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.5779, 7.3646, 33.0474)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70279E #559E27

analogous

#35279E #70279E #9E2790

triadic

#70279E #9E7027 #279E70

tetradic

#70279E #9E3527 #559E27 #27909E

square

#70279E #9E3527 #559E27 #27909E

split-complementary

#70279E #909E27 #279E35

monochromatic

#2A0F3C #4D1B6D #70279E #9235CD #AD66D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#70279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#70279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #70279E

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##70279E	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#694361

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.183 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e69bb',
    500: '#70279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70279e;
$custom-light: #9e69bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.807,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44236,
    "c": 0.1835,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70279E

secondary

#86BF62

accent

#E44482

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #70279E

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

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