#73178E#73178E

#73178E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.186 H 316.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73178E
RGB	rgb(115, 23, 142)
HSL	hsl(286, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(286, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 83.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.94, 54.61, -45.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.94, 70.82, 320.45°)
OKLab	oklab(42.06% 0.1352 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(42.06% 0.186 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.2584, 6.2112, 26.1391)
Luminance	0.0621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73178E #328E17

analogous

#38178E #73178E #8E176D

triadic

#73178E #8E7317 #178E73

tetradic

#73178E #8E3817 #328E17 #176D8E

square

#73178E #8E3817 #328E17 #176D8E

split-complementary

#73178E #6D8E17 #178E38

monochromatic

#1E0625 #480E59 #73178E #9E20C3 #BC3FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#73178E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#73178E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #73178E

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73178E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##73178E	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17498C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#713454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73178e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 23, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.186 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f62b0',
    500: '#73178e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73178e;
$custom-light: #9f62b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73178e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.387,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42064,
    "c": 0.18564,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73178E

secondary

#5DC040

accent

#EF3962

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF5

border

#CEC6CF

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #73178E

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

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