#78197D#78197D

#78197D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.172 H 325.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78197D
RGB	rgb(120, 25, 125)
HSL	hsl(297, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(297, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 80%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.84, 51.82, -34.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.84, 62.31, 326.27°)
OKLab	oklab(41.79% 0.142 -0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(41.79% 0.172 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7948, 6.1698, 19.9677)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78197D #1E7D19

analogous

#46197D #78197D #7D1950

triadic

#78197D #7D7819 #197D78

tetradic

#78197D #7D4619 #1E7D19 #19507D

square

#78197D #7D4619 #1E7D19 #19507D

split-complementary

#78197D #507D19 #197D46

monochromatic

#18051A #470F4A #78197D #A923B0 #CF39D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#78197D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#78197D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78197D

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78197D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78197D	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#314A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B2B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78197d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 25, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.172 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a262a3',
    500: '#78197d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78197d;
$custom-light: #a262a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78197d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41788,
    "c": 0.17157,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78197D

secondary

#46B140

accent

#EA3E47

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78197D

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

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