#7C178E#7C178E

#7C178E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.189 H 320.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7C178E
RGB	rgb(124, 23, 142)
HSL	hsl(291, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(291, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 83.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.47, 56.28, -42.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.47, 70.56, 322.91°)
OKLab	oklab(43.44% 0.1464 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(43.44% 0.189 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.5005, 6.8516, 26.1973)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7C178E #298E17

analogous

#40178E #7C178E #8E1765

triadic

#7C178E #8E7C17 #178E7C

tetradic

#7C178E #8E4017 #298E17 #17658E

square

#7C178E #8E4017 #298E17 #17658E

split-complementary

#7C178E #658E17 #178E40

monochromatic

#200625 #4E0E59 #7C178E #AA20C3 #C83FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#7C178E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#7C178E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7C178E

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7C178E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7C178E	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#264D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D3254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7c178e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(124, 23, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.189 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a663b0',
    500: '#7c178e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7c178e;
$custom-light: #a663b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7c178e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 124,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.924,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43435,
    "c": 0.18898,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7C178E

secondary

#54C040

accent

#EF3954

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF5

border

#CEC6CF

text

#100610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7C178E

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

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