#78237C#78237C

#78237C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.160 H 326.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78237C
RGB	rgb(120, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(297, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(297, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 71.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.00, 48.14, -32.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.00, 57.87, 326.29°)
OKLab	oklab(42.6% 0.1323 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(42.6% 0.16 326)
XYZ	xyz(11.9846, 6.6512, 19.7174)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78237C #277C23

analogous

#4B237C #78237C #7C2353

triadic

#78237C #7C7823 #237C78

tetradic

#78237C #7C4B23 #277C23 #23537C

square

#78237C #7C4B23 #277C23 #23537C

split-complementary

#78237C #537C23 #237C4B

monochromatic

#1C081D #4A164C #78237C #A630AC #C74DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#78237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#78237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78237C

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78237C	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#10427F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#364D7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B314D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.160 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a266a2',
    500: '#78237c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78237c;
$custom-light: #a266a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.303,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42599,
    "c": 0.15951,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.0665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78237C

secondary

#51AF4C

accent

#DF494F

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF3

border

#CEC6CD

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78237C

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

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