#78238D#78238D

#78238D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.175 H 318.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78238D
RGB	rgb(120, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(288, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(288, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.08, 51.40, -40.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.08, 65.75, 321.43°)
OKLab	oklab(43.71% 0.1314 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(43.71% 0.175 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.1538, 7.1188, 25.8753)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78238D #388D23

analogous

#43238D #78238D #8D236D

triadic

#78238D #8D7823 #238D78

tetradic

#78238D #8D4323 #388D23 #236D8D

square

#78238D #8D4323 #388D23 #236D8D

split-complementary

#78238D #6D8D23 #238D43

monochromatic

#250B2B #4E175C #78238D #A22FBE #BC55D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#78238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#78238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78238D

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78238D	1.00	8.66	2.42	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A4E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#783956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.175 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a267af',
    500: '#78238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78238d;
$custom-light: #a267af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.113,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43713,
    "c": 0.17467,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78238D

secondary

#67B953

accent

#E34464

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78238D

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

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