#78177B#78177B

#78177B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.172 H 326.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78177B
RGB	rgb(120, 23, 123)
HSL	hsl(298, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(298, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 81.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.51, 52.06, -33.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.51, 62.11, 326.96°)
OKLab	oklab(41.51% 0.1438 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(41.51% 0.172 326.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.6271, 6.0368, 19.2879)
Luminance	0.0604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78177B #1A7B17

analogous

#46177B #78177B #7B174C

triadic

#78177B #7B7817 #177B78

tetradic

#78177B #7B4617 #1A7B17 #174C7B

square

#78177B #7B4617 #1A7B17 #174C7B

split-complementary

#78177B #4C7B17 #177B46

monochromatic

#19051A #460D47 #78177B #AA21AF #D433D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#78177B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#78177B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78177B

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78177B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78177B	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#314A79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B2949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78177b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 23, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.172 326.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a262a2',
    500: '#78177b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78177b;
$custom-light: #a262a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78177b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.2,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41512,
    "c": 0.17186,
    "h": 326.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78177B

secondary

#41B03E

accent

#EB3C42

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF3

border

#CEC6CD

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78177B

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

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