#78258B#78258B

#78258B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.170 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78258B
RGB	rgb(120, 37, 139)
HSL	hsl(289, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(289, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 73.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.22, 50.23, -39.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.22, 63.92, 321.80°)
OKLab	oklab(43.77% 0.1295 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(43.77% 0.17 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.0669, 7.1809, 25.1189)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78258B #388B25

analogous

#45258B #78258B #8B256B

triadic

#78258B #8B7825 #258B78

tetradic

#78258B #8B4525 #388B25 #256B8B

square

#78258B #8B4525 #388B25 #256B8B

split-complementary

#78258B #6B8B25 #258B45

monochromatic

#250B2A #4E185B #78258B #A232BB #BC58D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#78258B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#78258B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78258B

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78258B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78258B	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)

#00468E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D4F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#783956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78258b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 37, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.170 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a268ad',
    500: '#78258b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78258b;
$custom-light: #a268ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78258b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.824,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4377,
    "c": 0.17047,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78258B

secondary

#67B755

accent

#E14763

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F0710

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78258B

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

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