#78197B#78197B

#78197B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.170 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78197B
RGB	rgb(120, 25, 123)
HSL	hsl(298, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(298, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 79.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.71, 51.47, -33.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.71, 61.43, 326.91°)
OKLab	oklab(41.66% 0.1421 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(41.66% 0.17 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6683, 6.1192, 19.3016)
Luminance	0.0612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78197B #1C7B19

analogous

#47197B #78197B #7B194D

triadic

#78197B #7B7819 #197B78

tetradic

#78197B #7B4719 #1C7B19 #194D7B

square

#78197B #7B4719 #1C7B19 #194D7B

split-complementary

#78197B #4D7B19 #197B47

monochromatic

#190519 #460F48 #78197B #AA23AE #D238D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#78197B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#78197B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78197B

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78197B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78197B	1.00	9.44	2.22	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#324A79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B2A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78197b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 25, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.170 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a262a2',
    500: '#78197b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78197b;
$custom-light: #a262a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78197b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.163,
    "s": 66.216,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41659,
    "c": 0.16995,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78197B

secondary

#44AF40

accent

#E93F44

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF3

border

#CEC6CD

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78197B

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

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