#79238C#79238C

#79238C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.174 H 319.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79238C
RGB	rgb(121, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(289, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(289, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.17, 51.42, -40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.17, 65.28, 321.97°)
OKLab	oklab(43.79% 0.1328 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(43.79% 0.174 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.2192, 7.1611, 25.4918)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79238C #368C23

analogous

#45238C #79238C #8C236B

triadic

#79238C #8C7923 #238C79

tetradic

#79238C #8C4523 #368C23 #236B8C

square

#79238C #8C4523 #368C23 #236B8C

split-complementary

#79238C #6B8C23 #238C45

monochromatic

#240B2A #4F175B #79238C #A32FBD #BD55D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#79238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#79238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79238C

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79238C	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00468F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C4F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#793856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.174 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a367ae',
    500: '#79238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79238c;
$custom-light: #a367ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.143,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43792,
    "c": 0.17418,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79238C

secondary

#65B852

accent

#E34561

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#100610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #79238C

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

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