#78237F#78237F

#78237F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.162 H 324.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78237F
RGB	rgb(120, 35, 127)
HSL	hsl(295, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(295, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 72.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.18, 48.70, -33.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.18, 59.23, 325.31°)
OKLab	oklab(42.79% 0.1322 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(42.79% 0.162 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.1772, 6.7282, 20.7318)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78237F #2A7F23

analogous

#4A237F #78237F #7F2358

triadic

#78237F #7F7823 #237F78

tetradic

#78237F #7F4A23 #2A7F23 #23587F

square

#78237F #7F4A23 #2A7F23 #23587F

split-complementary

#78237F #587F23 #237F4A

monochromatic

#1D091F #4B164F #78237F #A530AF #C54ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#78237F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#78237F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78237F

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78237F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78237F	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#094382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#354D7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B324E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78237f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 35, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.162 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a267a4',
    500: '#78237f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78237f;
$custom-light: #a267a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78237f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.435,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42787,
    "c": 0.16213,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78237F

secondary

#54B14C

accent

#E04853

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78237F

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

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