#79239B#79239B

#79239B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.188 H 314.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79239B
RGB	rgb(121, 35, 155)
HSL	hsl(283, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(283, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 77.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.21, 54.45, -47.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.21, 72.42, 318.76°)
OKLab	oklab(44.86% 0.1308 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(44.86% 0.188 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.4016, 7.6341, 31.7189)
Luminance	0.0763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79239B #459B23

analogous

#3D239B #79239B #9B2381

triadic

#79239B #9B7923 #239B79

tetradic

#79239B #9B3D23 #459B23 #23819B

square

#79239B #9B3D23 #459B23 #23819B

split-complementary

#79239B #819B23 #239B3D

monochromatic

#2B0C37 #521869 #79239B #A02ECD #B75EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#79239B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#79239B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79239B

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79239B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79239B	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#195098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#763F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79239b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 35, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.188 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a468b9',
    500: '#79239b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79239b;
$custom-light: #a468b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79239b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44857,
    "c": 0.18785,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79239B

secondary

#77BF5A

accent

#E64270

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#100711

muted

#7F7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #79239B

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

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