#79237E#79237E

#79237E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.162 H 325.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79237E
RGB	rgb(121, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(297, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(297, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.29, 48.75, -32.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.29, 58.82, 325.98°)
OKLab	oklab(42.88% 0.1335 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(42.88% 0.162 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.2518, 6.7742, 20.3968)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79237E #287E23

analogous

#4C237E #79237E #7E2356

triadic

#79237E #7E7923 #237E79

tetradic

#79237E #7E4C23 #287E23 #23567E

square

#79237E #7E4C23 #287E23 #23567E

split-complementary

#79237E #567E23 #237E4C

monochromatic

#1D081E #4B164E #79237E #A730AE #C74ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#79237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#79237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79237E

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79237E	1.00	8.92	2.35	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D4381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#364D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C324E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.162 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a367a4',
    500: '#79237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79237e;
$custom-light: #a367a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.703,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42877,
    "c": 0.16177,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79237E

secondary

#52B04C

accent

#E04850

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #79237E

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

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