#78238A#78238A

#78238A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.172 H 320.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78238A
RGB	rgb(120, 35, 138)
HSL	hsl(290, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(290, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 74.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.88, 50.81, -39.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.88, 64.33, 322.17°)
OKLab	oklab(43.51% 0.1317 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(43.51% 0.172 320)
XYZ	xyz(12.9336, 7.0308, 24.7156)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78238A #358A23

analogous

#45238A #78238A #8A2369

triadic

#78238A #8A7823 #238A78

tetradic

#78238A #8A4523 #358A23 #23698A

square

#78238A #8A4523 #358A23 #23698A

split-complementary

#78238A #698A23 #238A45

monochromatic

#230A28 #4E1759 #78238A #A22FBB #BD54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#78238A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#78238A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78238A

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78238A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78238A	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C4E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#783755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78238a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 35, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.172 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a267ad',
    500: '#78238a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78238a;
$custom-light: #a267ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78238a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.515,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43508,
    "c": 0.17195,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.0703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78238A

secondary

#63B751

accent

#E34561

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78238A

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

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