#781979#781979

#781979 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.168 H 327.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#781979
RGB	rgb(120, 25, 121)
HSL	hsl(299, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(299, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 79.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.59, 51.12, -32.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.59, 60.56, 327.58°)
OKLab	oklab(41.53% 0.1422 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(41.53% 0.168 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5444, 6.0697, 18.6490)
Luminance	0.0607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#781979 #1A7919

analogous

#481979 #781979 #79194A

triadic

#781979 #797819 #197978

tetradic

#781979 #794819 #1A7919 #194A79

square

#781979 #794819 #1A7919 #194A79

split-complementary

#781979 #4A7919 #197948

monochromatic

#190519 #460F46 #781979 #AA23AC #D437D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#781979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#781979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #781979

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##781979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##781979	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#344A77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C2949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #781979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 25, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.168 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a262a0',
    500: '#781979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #781979;
$custom-light: #a262a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#781979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.375,
    "s": 65.753,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41531,
    "c": 0.16833,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#781979

secondary

#41AE40

accent

#E93F41

background

#FAF6F9

surface

#F4EBF2

border

#CEC6CC

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #781979

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

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