#79237D#79237D

#79237D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.161 H 326.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79237D
RGB	rgb(121, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(297, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(297, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.23, 48.57, -32.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.23, 58.37, 326.31°)
OKLab	oklab(42.82% 0.1335 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(42.82% 0.161 326)
XYZ	xyz(12.1876, 6.7485, 20.0587)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79237D #277D23

analogous

#4C237D #79237D #7D2354

triadic

#79237D #7D7923 #237D79

tetradic

#79237D #7D4C23 #277D23 #23547D

square

#79237D #7D4C23 #277D23 #23547D

split-complementary

#79237D #547D23 #237D4C

monochromatic

#1C081D #4B164D #79237D #A730AD #C84DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#79237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#79237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79237D

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79237D	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F4380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#374D7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C314D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.161 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a367a3',
    500: '#79237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79237d;
$custom-light: #a367a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.333,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42815,
    "c": 0.1609,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.06748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79237D

secondary

#51AF4C

accent

#E0484F

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #79237D

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

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