#78178D#78178D

#78178D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.187 H 319.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78178D
RGB	rgb(120, 23, 141)
HSL	hsl(289, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(289, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 83.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.71, 55.34, -43.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.71, 70.20, 322.03°)
OKLab	oklab(42.75% 0.1417 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(42.75% 0.187 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.8592, 6.5296, 25.7771)
Luminance	0.0653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78178D #2C8D17

analogous

#3D178D #78178D #8D1767

triadic

#78178D #8D7817 #178D78

tetradic

#78178D #8D3D17 #2C8D17 #17678D

square

#78178D #8D3D17 #2C8D17 #17678D

split-complementary

#78178D #678D17 #178D3D

monochromatic

#1E0624 #4B0E58 #78178D #A520C2 #C33FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#78178D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#78178D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78178D

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78178D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78178D	1.00	9.11	2.31	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#224B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#783354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78178d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 23, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.187 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a362af',
    500: '#78178d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78178d;
$custom-light: #a362af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78178d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.322,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42749,
    "c": 0.18662,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78178D

secondary

#57C040

accent

#EF3959

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#100610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78178D

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

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