#78238B#78238B

#78238B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.173 H 319.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78238B
RGB	rgb(120, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(289, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(289, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.94, 51.01, -39.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.94, 64.80, 321.92°)
OKLab	oklab(43.58% 0.1316 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(43.58% 0.173 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.0064, 7.0599, 25.0987)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78238B #368B23

analogous

#44238B #78238B #8B236A

triadic

#78238B #8B7823 #238B78

tetradic

#78238B #8B4423 #368B23 #236A8B

square

#78238B #8B4423 #368B23 #236A8B

split-complementary

#78238B #6A8B23 #238B44

monochromatic

#240A29 #4E175A #78238B #A22FBC #BD54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#78238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#78238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78238B

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78238B	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B4E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#783855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.173 319.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.038,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43576,
    "c": 0.17286,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78238B

secondary

#64B852

accent

#E34562

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78238B

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

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