#78177E#78177E

#78177E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.174 H 325.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78177E
RGB	rgb(120, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(297, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(297, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.70, 52.59, -35.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.70, 63.43, 326.01°)
OKLab	oklab(41.71% 0.1436 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(41.71% 0.174 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.8178, 6.1130, 20.2921)
Luminance	0.0611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78177E #1D7E17

analogous

#45177E #78177E #7E1751

triadic

#78177E #7E7817 #177E78

tetradic

#78177E #7E4517 #1D7E17 #17517E

square

#78177E #7E4517 #1D7E17 #17517E

split-complementary

#78177E #517E17 #177E45

monochromatic

#19051A #470E4A #78177E #A920B2 #D135DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.45

#78177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#78177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78177E

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78177E	1.00	9.45	2.22	9.45
#FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F4A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B2B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.174 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a362a4',
    500: '#78177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78177e;
$custom-light: #a362a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.505,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41709,
    "c": 0.17426,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78177E

secondary

#45B33E

accent

#EC3C46

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78177E

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

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