#792D8B#792D8B

#792D8B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.160 H 319.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#792D8B
RGB	rgb(121, 45, 139)
HSL	hsl(289, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(289, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 67.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.58, 47.08, -37.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.58, 60.09, 321.57°)
OKLab	oklab(44.78% 0.1218 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(44.78% 0.16 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.4831, 7.8064, 25.2177)
Luminance	0.0781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#792D8B #3F8B2D

analogous

#4A2D8B #792D8B #8B2D6E

triadic

#792D8B #8B792D #2D8B79

tetradic

#792D8B #8B4A2D #3F8B2D #2D6E8B

square

#792D8B #8B4A2D #3F8B2D #2D6E8B

split-complementary

#792D8B #6E8B2D #2D8B4A

monochromatic

#290F2F #511E5D #792D8B #A13CB9 #B965CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#792D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#792D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #792D8B

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##792D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##792D8B	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C4A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#345289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#793E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #792d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 45, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.160 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a36cad',
    500: '#792d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #792d8b;
$custom-light: #a36cad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#792d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.511,
    "s": 51.087,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44777,
    "c": 0.16048,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#792D8B

secondary

#70B460

accent

#DB4D68

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4ECF4

border

#CEC7CE

text

#0F0710

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #792D8B

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

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