#79238B#79238B

#79238B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.173 H 320.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79238B
RGB	rgb(121, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(290, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(290, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.11, 51.23, -39.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.11, 64.81, 322.22°)
OKLab	oklab(43.72% 0.1328 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(43.72% 0.173 320)
XYZ	xyz(13.1458, 7.1318, 25.1052)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79238B #358B23

analogous

#45238B #79238B #8B2369

triadic

#79238B #8B7923 #238B79

tetradic

#79238B #8B4523 #358B23 #23698B

square

#79238B #8B4523 #358B23 #23698B

split-complementary

#79238B #698B23 #238B45

monochromatic

#240A29 #4E175A #79238B #A42FBC #BE54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#79238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#79238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79238B

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79238B	1.00	8.66	2.43	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00468E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D4E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#793755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.173 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a367ad',
    500: '#79238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79238b;
$custom-light: #a367ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.615,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43724,
    "c": 0.17328,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.07131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79238B

secondary

#63B852

accent

#E34560

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#100610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #79238B

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

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