#79238E#79238E

#79238E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.176 H 318.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79238E
RGB	rgb(121, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(288, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(288, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.30, 51.82, -41.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.30, 66.22, 321.49°)
OKLab	oklab(43.93% 0.1326 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(43.93% 0.176 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.3680, 7.2206, 26.2755)
Luminance	0.0722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79238E #388E23

analogous

#43238E #79238E #8E236E

triadic

#79238E #8E7923 #238E79

tetradic

#79238E #8E4323 #388E23 #236E8E

square

#79238E #8E4323 #388E23 #236E8E

split-complementary

#79238E #6E8E23 #238E43

monochromatic

#250B2C #4F175D #79238E #A32FBF #BC56D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#79238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#79238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79238E

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79238E	1.00	8.59	2.44	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A4F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#793957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.176 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a367b0',
    500: '#79238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79238e;
$custom-light: #a367b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.224,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43929,
    "c": 0.17599,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79238E

secondary

#67B953

accent

#E44463

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF5

border

#CEC6CF

text

#100710

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #79238E

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

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