#791979#791979

#791979 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.169 H 328.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#791979
RGB	rgb(121, 25, 121)
HSL	hsl(300, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(300, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.77, 51.34, -32.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.77, 60.59, 327.92°)
OKLab	oklab(41.69% 0.1433 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(41.69% 0.169 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.6838, 6.1416, 18.6555)
Luminance	0.0614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#791979 #197919

analogous

#491979 #791979 #791949

triadic

#791979 #797919 #197979

tetradic

#791979 #794919 #197919 #194979

square

#791979 #794919 #197919 #194979

split-complementary

#791979 #497919 #197949

monochromatic

#190519 #460F46 #791979 #AC23AC #D637D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#791979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#791979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #791979

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##791979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##791979	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#013E7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#354A77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D2949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #791979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 25, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.169 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a362a0',
    500: '#791979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #791979;
$custom-light: #a362a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#791979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 65.753,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41693,
    "c": 0.16881,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#791979

secondary

#40AE40

accent

#E93F3F

background

#FAF6F9

surface

#F4EBF2

border

#CEC6CC

text

#10060F

muted

#7F7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #791979

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

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