#79159E#79159E

#79159E is a dark, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.203 H 313.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79159E
RGBrgb(121, 21, 158)
HSLhsl(284, 77%, 35%)
HSVhsv(284, 87%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(23.4%, 86.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LABlab(31.97, 59.33, -51.58)
CIE-LCHlch(31.97, 78.61, 319.00°)
OKLaboklab(44.06% 0.1407 -0.146)
OKLCHoklch(44.06% 0.203 313.9)
XYZxyz(14.3238, 7.0704, 32.9513)
Luminance0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79159E #3A9E15
analogous
#35159E #79159E #9E157E
triadic
#79159E #9E7915 #159E79
tetradic
#79159E #9E3515 #3A9E15 #157E9E
square
#79159E #9E3515 #3A9E15 #157E9E
split-complementary
#79159E #7E9E15 #159E35
monochromatic
#260732 #500E68 #79159E #A21CD4 #BB47E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70
#79159E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41
#79159E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79159E
8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79159E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##79159E1.008.702.418.70
#FFFFFF8.701.0021.001.00
#0000002.4121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.701.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0046A1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#004D9B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#753A5D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79159e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 21, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.203 313.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a563bb',
    500: '#79159e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79159e;
$custom-light: #a563bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79159e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.796,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44058,
    "c": 0.20276,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79159E
secondary
#6AC747
accent
#F33568
background
#FAF6FB
surface
#F4EBF6
border
#CEC6D0
text
#100612
muted
#7F7A81

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#79159E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva