#78238E#78238E

#78238E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.176 H 318.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78238E
RGB	rgb(120, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(288, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(288, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.14, 51.60, -41.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.14, 66.22, 321.19°)
OKLab	oklab(43.78% 0.1313 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(43.78% 0.176 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.2286, 7.1487, 26.2690)
Luminance	0.0715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78238E #398E23

analogous

#43238E #78238E #8E236E

triadic

#78238E #8E7823 #238E78

tetradic

#78238E #8E4323 #398E23 #236E8E

square

#78238E #8E4323 #398E23 #236E8E

split-complementary

#78238E #6E8E23 #238E43

monochromatic

#250B2C #4F175D #78238E #A12FBF #BB56D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#78238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#78238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78238E

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78238E	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#294E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#783957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.176 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a367b0',
    500: '#78238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78238e;
$custom-light: #a367b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.664,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43783,
    "c": 0.17558,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78238E

secondary

#68B953

accent

#E44465

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF5

border

#CEC6CF

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78238E

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

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