#78198D#78198D

#78198D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.185 H 319.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78198D
RGB	rgb(120, 25, 141)
HSL	hsl(289, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(289, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 82.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.91, 54.77, -42.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.91, 69.55, 321.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42.89% 0.1402 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(42.89% 0.185 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.9004, 6.6121, 25.7909)
Luminance	0.0661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78198D #2E8D19

analogous

#3E198D #78198D #8D1968

triadic

#78198D #8D7819 #198D78

tetradic

#78198D #8D3E19 #2E8D19 #19688D

square

#78198D #8D3E19 #2E8D19 #19688D

split-complementary

#78198D #688D19 #198D3E

monochromatic

#200725 #4C1059 #78198D #A422C1 #C243DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#78198D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#78198D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78198D

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78198D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78198D	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#234C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#783354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78198d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 25, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.185 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a363af',
    500: '#78198d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78198d;
$custom-light: #a363af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78198d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.138,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42886,
    "c": 0.18489,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78198D

secondary

#5ABF43

accent

#ED3B5B

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#100610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78198D

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

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