#78257E#78257E

#78257E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.159 H 325.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78257E
RGB	rgb(120, 37, 126)
HSL	hsl(296, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(296, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 70.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.40, 47.72, -32.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.40, 57.87, 325.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.93% 0.1301 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(42.93% 0.159 325)
XYZ	xyz(12.1729, 6.8233, 20.4105)
Luminance	0.0682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78257E #2B7E25

analogous

#4C257E #78257E #7E2558

triadic

#78257E #7E7825 #257E78

tetradic

#78257E #7E4C25 #2B7E25 #25587E

square

#78257E #7E4C25 #2B7E25 #25587E

split-complementary

#78257E #587E25 #257E4C

monochromatic

#1E091F #4B174F #78257E #A533AD #C451CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#78257E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#78257E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78257E

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78257E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78257E	1.00	8.88	2.36	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#104381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#364D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B334E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78257e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 37, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.159 325.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a267a4',
    500: '#78257e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78257e;
$custom-light: #a267a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78257e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.955,
    "s": 54.601,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42926,
    "c": 0.15871,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.06823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78257E

secondary

#55B04F

accent

#DE4A54

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78257E

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

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