#79178D#79178D

#79178D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.187 H 319.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79178D
RGB	rgb(121, 23, 141)
HSL	hsl(290, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(290, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 83.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.88, 55.53, -42.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.88, 70.17, 322.31°)
OKLab	oklab(42.9% 0.1429 -0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(42.9% 0.187 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.9987, 6.6015, 25.7837)
Luminance	0.0660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79178D #2B8D17

analogous

#3E178D #79178D #8D1766

triadic

#79178D #8D7917 #178D79

tetradic

#79178D #8D3E17 #2B8D17 #17668D

square

#79178D #8D3E17 #2B8D17 #17668D

split-complementary

#79178D #668D17 #178D3E

monochromatic

#1F0624 #4C0E58 #79178D #A620C2 #C43FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#79178D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#79178D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79178D

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79178D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79178D	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#234C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#793254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79178d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 23, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.187 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a463af',
    500: '#79178d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79178d;
$custom-light: #a463af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79178d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.831,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42902,
    "c": 0.187,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79178D

secondary

#56C040

accent

#EF3958

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#100610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #79178D

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

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