#78238C#78238C

#78238C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.174 H 319.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78238C
RGB	rgb(120, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(289, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(289, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.01, 51.21, -40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.01, 65.27, 321.67°)
OKLab	oklab(43.65% 0.1315 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(43.65% 0.174 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.0798, 7.0892, 25.4852)
Luminance	0.0709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78238C #378C23

analogous

#43238C #78238C #8C236C

triadic

#78238C #8C7823 #238C78

tetradic

#78238C #8C4323 #378C23 #236C8C

square

#78238C #8C4323 #378C23 #236C8C

split-complementary

#78238C #6C8C23 #238C43

monochromatic

#240B2A #4E175B #78238C #A22FBD #BC55D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#78238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#78238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78238C

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78238C	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00468F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B4E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#783856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.174 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a267ae',
    500: '#78238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78238c;
$custom-light: #a267ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.571,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43645,
    "c": 0.17376,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78238C

secondary

#66B852

accent

#E34563

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78238C

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

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