#78178F#78178F

#78178F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.188 H 318.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78178F
RGB	rgb(120, 23, 143)
HSL	hsl(289, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(289, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 83.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.85, 55.72, -44.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.85, 71.12, 321.58°)
OKLab	oklab(42.89% 0.1414 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(42.89% 0.188 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.0094, 6.5897, 26.5680)
Luminance	0.0659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78178F #2E8F17

analogous

#3C178F #78178F #8F176A

triadic

#78178F #8F7817 #178F78

tetradic

#78178F #8F3C17 #2E8F17 #176A8F

square

#78178F #8F3C17 #2E8F17 #176A8F

split-complementary

#78178F #6A8F17 #178F3C

monochromatic

#200626 #4C0F5A #78178F #A41FC4 #C240E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#78178F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#78178F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78178F

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78178F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78178F	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004392

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F4C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#773455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78178f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 23, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.188 318.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78178f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42894,
    "c": 0.1883,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78178F

secondary

#5AC141

accent

#EF395C

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF5

border

#CEC6CF

text

#100611

muted

#7F7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #78178F

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

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