#78197C#78197C

#78197C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.171 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78197C
RGB	rgb(120, 25, 124)
HSL	hsl(298, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(298, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 79.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.77, 51.64, -34.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.77, 61.87, 326.59°)
OKLab	oklab(41.72% 0.142 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(41.72% 0.171 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7312, 6.1444, 19.6330)
Luminance	0.0614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78197C #1D7C19

analogous

#47197C #78197C #7C194F

triadic

#78197C #7C7819 #197C78

tetradic

#78197C #7C4719 #1D7C19 #194F7C

square

#78197C #7C4719 #1D7C19 #194F7C

split-complementary

#78197C #4F7C19 #197C47

monochromatic

#190519 #470F49 #78197C #A923AF #D138D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#78197C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#78197C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78197C

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78197C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78197C	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#324A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B2B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78197c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 25, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.171 326.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78197c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.576,
    "s": 66.443,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41723,
    "c": 0.17075,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78197C

secondary

#45B040

accent

#E93E45

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF3

border

#CEC6CD

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78197C

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