#78197E#78197E

#78197E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.172 H 325.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78197E
RGB	rgb(120, 25, 126)
HSL	hsl(296, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(296, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 80.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.90, 52.00, -35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.90, 62.75, 325.96°)
OKLab	oklab(41.85% 0.1419 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(41.85% 0.172 325.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8590, 6.1955, 20.3058)
Luminance	0.0619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78197E #1F7E19

analogous

#46197E #78197E #7E1951

triadic

#78197E #7E7819 #197E78

tetradic

#78197E #7E4619 #1F7E19 #19517E

square

#78197E #7E4619 #1F7E19 #19517E

split-complementary

#78197E #517E19 #197E46

monochromatic

#18051A #470F4B #78197E #A923B1 #CE3AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#78197E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#78197E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78197E

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78197E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78197E	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#304A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B2C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78197e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 25, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.172 325.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a262a4',
    500: '#78197e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78197e;
$custom-light: #a262a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78197e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.436,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41854,
    "c": 0.17238,
    "h": 325.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78197E

secondary

#47B241

accent

#EA3E48

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78197E

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

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