#78177D#78177D

#78177D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.173 H 325.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78177D
RGB	rgb(120, 23, 125)
HSL	hsl(297, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(297, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 81.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.63, 52.42, -34.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.63, 62.99, 326.32°)
OKLab	oklab(41.64% 0.1436 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(41.64% 0.173 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7536, 6.0873, 19.9540)
Luminance	0.0609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78177D #1C7D17

analogous

#45177D #78177D #7D174F

triadic

#78177D #7D7817 #177D78

tetradic

#78177D #7D4517 #1C7D17 #174F7D

square

#78177D #7D4517 #1C7D17 #174F7D

split-complementary

#78177D #4F7D17 #177D45

monochromatic

#19051A #460D49 #78177D #AA21B1 #D235DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#78177D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#78177D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78177D

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78177D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78177D	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#304A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B2A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78177d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 23, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.173 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a362a3',
    500: '#78177d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78177d;
$custom-light: #a362a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78177d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.059,
    "s": 68.919,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41643,
    "c": 0.17346,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78177D

secondary

#44B23E

accent

#EC3C45

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78177D

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

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