#78279F#78279F

#78279F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.187 H 312.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78279F
RGB	rgb(120, 39, 159)
HSL	hsl(281, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(281, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 75.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.87, 53.59, -49.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.87, 72.68, 317.50°)
OKLab	oklab(45.39% 0.1251 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(45.39% 0.187 312)
XYZ	xyz(14.7281, 7.9477, 33.5524)
Luminance	0.0795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78279F #4E9F27

analogous

#3C279F #78279F #9F278A

triadic

#78279F #9F7827 #279F78

tetradic

#78279F #9F3C27 #4E9F27 #278A9F

square

#78279F #9F3C27 #4E9F27 #278A9F

split-complementary

#78279F #8A9F27 #279F3C

monochromatic

#2E0F3D #531B6E #78279F #9C36CE #B467DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#78279F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#78279F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78279F

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78279F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78279F	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15519C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#734361

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78279f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 39, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.187 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a36abc',
    500: '#78279f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78279f;
$custom-light: #a36abc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78279f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.5,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45387,
    "c": 0.18692,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.07947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78279F

secondary

#81C062

accent

#E44478

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#100712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #78279F

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

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