#78238F#78238F

#78238F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.176 H 318.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78238F
RGB	rgb(120, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(287, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(287, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.21, 51.80, -42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.21, 66.70, 320.96°)
OKLab	oklab(43.85% 0.1312 -0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(43.85% 0.176 318)
XYZ	xyz(13.3040, 7.1789, 26.6662)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78238F #3A8F23

analogous

#42238F #78238F #8F2370

triadic

#78238F #8F7823 #238F78

tetradic

#78238F #8F4223 #3A8F23 #23708F

square

#78238F #8F4223 #3A8F23 #23708F

split-complementary

#78238F #708F23 #238F42

monochromatic

#250B2D #4F175E #78238F #A12FC0 #BB57D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#78238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#78238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78238F

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78238F	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004692

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#284E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#773957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.176 318.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.222,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43852,
    "c": 0.17649,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.07178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78238F

secondary

#6ABA54

accent

#E44466

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF5

border

#CEC6CF

text

#0F0611

muted

#7F7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #78238F

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

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