#79278D#79278D

#79278D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.170 H 319.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79278D
RGB	rgb(121, 39, 141)
HSL	hsl(288, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(288, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 72.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.79, 50.05, -39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.79, 63.97, 321.48°)
OKLab	oklab(44.25% 0.1285 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(44.25% 0.17 319)
XYZ	xyz(13.4178, 7.4397, 25.9234)
Luminance	0.0744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79278D #3B8D27

analogous

#46278D #79278D #8D276E

triadic

#79278D #8D7927 #278D79

tetradic

#79278D #8D4627 #3B8D27 #276E8D

square

#79278D #8D4627 #3B8D27 #276E8D

split-complementary

#79278D #6E8D27 #278D46

monochromatic

#270C2D #501A5D #79278D #A234BD #BB5CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#79278D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#79278D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79278D

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79278D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79278D	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E508B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#793B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79278d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 39, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.170 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a369af',
    500: '#79278d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79278d;
$custom-light: #a369af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79278d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.235,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44252,
    "c": 0.1703,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.07439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79278D

secondary

#6BB759

accent

#E04866

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F0710

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #79278D

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

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