#78237B#78237B

#78237B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.159 H 326.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78237B
RGB	rgb(120, 35, 123)
HSL	hsl(298, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(298, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 71.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.94, 47.96, -31.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.94, 57.42, 326.63°)
OKLab	oklab(42.54% 0.1323 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(42.54% 0.159 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9217, 6.6260, 19.3861)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78237B #267B23

analogous

#4C237B #78237B #7B2352

triadic

#78237B #7B7823 #237B78

tetradic

#78237B #7B4C23 #267B23 #23527B

square

#78237B #7B4C23 #267B23 #23527B

split-complementary

#78237B #527B23 #237B4C

monochromatic

#1B081C #4A154B #78237B #A631AB #C84CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#78237B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#78237B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78237B

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78237B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78237B	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#11427D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#374D79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B314C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78237b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 35, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.159 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a266a1',
    500: '#78237b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78237b;
$custom-light: #a266a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78237b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.955,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42537,
    "c": 0.15864,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78237B

secondary

#50AE4C

accent

#DF494E

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF3

border

#CEC6CD

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78237B

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

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