#79238D#79238D

#79238D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.175 H 319.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79238D
RGB	rgb(121, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(289, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(289, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.24, 51.62, -40.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.24, 65.75, 321.73°)
OKLab	oklab(43.86% 0.1327 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(43.86% 0.175 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.2933, 7.1907, 25.8819)
Luminance	0.0719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79238D #378D23

analogous

#44238D #79238D #8D236C

triadic

#79238D #8D7923 #238D79

tetradic

#79238D #8D4423 #378D23 #236C8D

square

#79238D #8D4423 #378D23 #236C8D

split-complementary

#79238D #6C8D23 #238D44

monochromatic

#250B2B #4F175C #79238D #A32FBE #BD55D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#79238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#79238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79238D

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79238D	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B4F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#793856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.175 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a367af',
    500: '#79238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79238d;
$custom-light: #a367af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.679,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4386,
    "c": 0.17508,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79238D

secondary

#66B953

accent

#E34462

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#100610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #79238D

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

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