#78257F#78257F

#78257F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.160 H 324.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78257F
RGB	rgb(120, 37, 127)
HSL	hsl(295, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(295, 71%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 70.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.46, 47.90, -33.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.46, 58.32, 325.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.99% 0.13 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(42.99% 0.16 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.2378, 6.8493, 20.7520)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78257F #2C7F25

analogous

#4B257F #78257F #7F2559

triadic

#78257F #7F7825 #257F78

tetradic

#78257F #7F4B25 #2C7F25 #25597F

square

#78257F #7F4B25 #2C7F25 #25597F

split-complementary

#78257F #597F25 #257F4B

monochromatic

#1E0920 #4B1750 #78257F #A533AE #C352CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#78257F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#78257F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78257F

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78257F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78257F	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F4482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#364D7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B344F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78257f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 37, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.160 324.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78257f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.333,
    "s": 54.878,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42988,
    "c": 0.1596,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78257F

secondary

#57B14F

accent

#DE4A55

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78257F

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

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