#78256B#78256B

#78256B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.143 H 334.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78256B
RGB	rgb(120, 37, 107)
HSL	hsl(309, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(309, 69%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.2%, 10.8%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.35, 44.34, -22.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.35, 49.65, 333.24°)
OKLab	oklab(41.82% 0.1289 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(41.82% 0.143 334.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.0612, 6.3787, 14.5557)
Luminance	0.0638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78256B #257832

analogous

#5B2578 #78256B #782541

triadic

#78256B #6B7825 #256B78

tetradic

#78256B #785B25 #257832 #254178

square

#78256B #785B25 #257832 #254178

split-complementary

#78256B #417825 #25785B

monochromatic

#1A0818 #491741 #78256B #A73395 #C94FB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#78256B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#78256B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78256B

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78256B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78256B	1.00	9.23	2.28	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24406D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#404C69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E2B44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78256b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 37, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.143 334.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a26795',
    500: '#78256b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78256b;
$custom-light: #a26795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78256b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.398,
    "s": 52.866,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41824,
    "c": 0.14256,
    "h": 334.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78256B

secondary

#4EAA5D

accent

#DC624C

background

#FAF6F9

surface

#F4EBF1

border

#CEC6CB

text

#0F060D

muted

#7F7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #78256B

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

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