#78277D#78277D

#78277D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.155 H 325.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78277D
RGB	rgb(120, 39, 125)
HSL	hsl(297, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(297, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 68.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.64, 46.70, -31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.64, 56.46, 325.80°)
OKLab	oklab(43.08% 0.1277 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(43.08% 0.155 325.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.1726, 6.9255, 20.0937)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78277D #2C7D27

analogous

#4D277D #78277D #7D2757

triadic

#78277D #7D7827 #277D78

tetradic

#78277D #7D4D27 #2C7D27 #27577D

square

#78277D #7D4D27 #2C7D27 #27577D

split-complementary

#78277D #577D27 #277D4D

monochromatic

#1E0A20 #4B184E #78277D #A536AC #C355CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#78277D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#78277D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78277D

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78277D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78277D	1.00	8.81	2.39	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#16447F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#384E7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B344F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78277d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 39, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.155 325.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a268a3',
    500: '#78277d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78277d;
$custom-light: #a268a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78277d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.512,
    "s": 52.439,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43076,
    "c": 0.15516,
    "h": 325.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78277D

secondary

#57AF51

accent

#DC4C54

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F070F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78277D

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

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