#78487B#78487B

#78487B is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.098 H 324.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78487B
RGB	rgb(120, 72, 123)
HSL	hsl(296, 26%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(296, 41%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 41.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.95, 29.23, -20.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.95, 35.76, 324.83°)
OKLab	oklab(47.69% 0.08 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(47.69% 0.098 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.6379, 10.0584, 19.9581)
Luminance	0.1006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78487B #4B7B48

analogous

#5E487B #78487B #7B4864

triadic

#78487B #7B7848 #487B78

tetradic

#78487B #7B5E48 #4B7B48 #48647B

square

#78487B #7B5E48 #4B7B48 #48647B

split-complementary

#78487B #647B48 #487B5E

monochromatic

#2D1B2E #523154 #78487B #9D5FA1 #B586B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.97

#78487B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#78487B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78487B

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78487B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78487B	1.00	6.97	3.01	6.97
#FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#43567D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505B79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A4D5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78487b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 72, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.098 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a07ca1',
    500: '#78487b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78487b;
$custom-light: #a07ca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78487b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.471,
    "s": 26.154,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4769,
    "c": 0.09786,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78487B

secondary

#7DA47B

accent

#C3656B

background

#F9F7F9

surface

#F2EEF2

border

#CCC9CC

text

#0F090F

muted

#7E7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #78487B

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

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