#78228D#78228D

#78228D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.176 H 318.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78228D
RGB	rgb(120, 34, 141)
HSL	hsl(288, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(288, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 75.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.94, 51.78, -41.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.94, 66.17, 321.49°)
OKLab	oklab(43.62% 0.1324 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(43.62% 0.176 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.1248, 7.0608, 25.8657)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78228D #378D22

analogous

#42228D #78228D #8D226D

triadic

#78228D #8D7822 #228D78

tetradic

#78228D #8D4222 #378D22 #226D8D

square

#78228D #8D4222 #378D22 #226D8D

split-complementary

#78228D #6D8D22 #228D42

monochromatic

#240A2A #4E165C #78228D #A22EBE #BC54D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#78228D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#78228D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78228D

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78228D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78228D	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#294E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#783856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78228d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 34, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.176 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a367af',
    500: '#78228d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78228d;
$custom-light: #a367af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78228d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.224,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4362,
    "c": 0.17581,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78228D

secondary

#66B951

accent

#E44463

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78228D

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

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