#78178E#78178E

#78178E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.187 H 319.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78178E
RGB	rgb(120, 23, 142)
HSL	hsl(289, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(289, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 83.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.78, 55.53, -43.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.78, 70.66, 321.80°)
OKLab	oklab(42.82% 0.1415 -0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(42.82% 0.187 319)
XYZ	xyz(12.9340, 6.5595, 26.1708)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78178E #2D8E17

analogous

#3D178E #78178E #8E1768

triadic

#78178E #8E7817 #178E78

tetradic

#78178E #8E3D17 #2D8E17 #17688E

square

#78178E #8E3D17 #2D8E17 #17688E

split-complementary

#78178E #688E17 #178E3D

monochromatic

#1F0625 #4B0E59 #78178E #A520C3 #C23FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#78178E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#78178E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78178E

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78178E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78178E	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#204B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#783354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78178e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 23, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.187 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a363b0',
    500: '#78178e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78178e;
$custom-light: #a363b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78178e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.908,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42821,
    "c": 0.18745,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.06559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78178E

secondary

#58C040

accent

#EF395B

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF5

border

#CEC6CF

text

#100610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78178E

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

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