#78237E#78237E

#78237E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.161 H 325.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78237E
RGB	rgb(120, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(296, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(296, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.12, 48.51, -33.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.12, 58.78, 325.63°)
OKLab	oklab(42.72% 0.1323 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(42.72% 0.161 325.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.1124, 6.7023, 20.3903)
Luminance	0.0670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78237E #297E23

analogous

#4B237E #78237E #7E2357

triadic

#78237E #7E7823 #237E78

tetradic

#78237E #7E4B23 #297E23 #23577E

square

#78237E #7E4B23 #297E23 #23577E

split-complementary

#78237E #577E23 #237E4B

monochromatic

#1D081E #4A164E #78237E #A630AE #C54ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#78237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#78237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78237E

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78237E	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C4381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#354D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B324E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.161 325.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a266a4',
    500: '#78237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78237e;
$custom-light: #a266a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.044,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42724,
    "c": 0.16126,
    "h": 325.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78237E

secondary

#53B04C

accent

#E04852

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78237E

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

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