#78308B#78308B

#78308B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.156 H 318.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78308B
RGB	rgb(120, 48, 139)
HSL	hsl(287, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(287, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 65.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.92, 45.45, -36.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.92, 58.48, 321.00°)
OKLab	oklab(45% 0.1169 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(45% 0.156 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.4623, 7.9716, 25.2506)
Luminance	0.0797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78308B #438B30

analogous

#4B308B #78308B #8B3071

triadic

#78308B #8B7830 #308B78

tetradic

#78308B #8B4B30 #438B30 #30718B

square

#78308B #8B4B30 #438B30 #30718B

split-complementary

#78308B #718B30 #308B4B

monochromatic

#291130 #51205E #78308B #9F40B8 #B76ACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.09

#78308B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#78308B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78308B

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78308B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78308B	1.00	8.09	2.59	8.09
#FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#144B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#355289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#784059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78308b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 48, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.156 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a26ead',
    500: '#78308b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78308b;
$custom-light: #a26ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78308b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.473,
    "s": 48.663,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44997,
    "c": 0.15574,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78308B

secondary

#74B364

accent

#D8506C

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4ECF4

border

#CEC7CE

text

#0F0710

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78308B

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

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