#78309B#78309B

#78309B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.172 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78309B
RGB	rgb(120, 48, 155)
HSL	hsl(280, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(280, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 69%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.95, 48.88, -44.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.95, 66.40, 317.41°)
OKLab	oklab(46.07% 0.1162 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(46.07% 0.172 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.7180, 8.4739, 31.8643)
Luminance	0.0847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78309B #539B30

analogous

#43309B #78309B #9B3088

triadic

#78309B #9B7830 #309B78

tetradic

#78309B #9B4330 #539B30 #30889B

square

#78309B #9B4330 #539B30 #30889B

split-complementary

#78309B #889B30 #309B43

monochromatic

#30133E #54226C #78309B #9B43C5 #B472D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#78309B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#78309B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78309B

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78309B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78309B	1.00	7.79	2.69	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#265499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#744662

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78309b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 48, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.172 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a26eb9',
    500: '#78309b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78309b;
$custom-light: #a26eb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78309b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.374,
    "s": 52.709,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46065,
    "c": 0.17192,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78309B

secondary

#86BB6C

accent

#DC4C7B

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4ECF6

border

#CEC7D0

text

#0F0711

muted

#7F7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #78309B

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

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