#78239E#78239E

#78239E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.190 H 312.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78239E
RGB	rgb(120, 35, 158)
HSL	hsl(281, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(281, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 77.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.27, 54.88, -49.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.27, 73.89, 317.97°)
OKLab	oklab(44.94% 0.1289 -0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(44.94% 0.19 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.5172, 7.6642, 33.0557)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78239E #499E23

analogous

#3A239E #78239E #9E2387

triadic

#78239E #9E7823 #239E78

tetradic

#78239E #9E3A23 #499E23 #23879E

square

#78239E #9E3A23 #499E23 #23879E

split-complementary

#78239E #879E23 #239E3A

monochromatic

#2C0D3A #52186C #78239E #9E2ED0 #B560DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#78239E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#78239E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78239E

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78239E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78239E	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11509B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#744060

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78239e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 35, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.190 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a368bb',
    500: '#78239e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78239e;
$custom-light: #a368bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78239e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.463,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44941,
    "c": 0.19029,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78239E

secondary

#7BC15C

accent

#E74174

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#100712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #78239E

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

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