#7C238E#7C238E

#7C238E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.177 H 320.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7C238E
RGB	rgb(124, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(290, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(290, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.79, 52.46, -40.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.79, 66.23, 322.38°)
OKLab	oklab(44.37% 0.1363 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(44.37% 0.177 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.7951, 7.4409, 26.2955)
Luminance	0.0744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7C238E #358E23

analogous

#47238E #7C238E #8E236A

triadic

#7C238E #8E7C23 #238E7C

tetradic

#7C238E #8E4723 #358E23 #236A8E

square

#7C238E #8E4723 #358E23 #236A8E

split-complementary

#7C238E #6A8E23 #238E47

monochromatic

#260B2C #51175D #7C238E #A72FBF #C056D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#7C238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#7C238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7C238E

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7C238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7C238E	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)

#004791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E508C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D3857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7c238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(124, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.177 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a568b0',
    500: '#7c238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7c238e;
$custom-light: #a568b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7c238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 124,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.907,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44371,
    "c": 0.17724,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7C238E

secondary

#65B953

accent

#E4445F

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF5

border

#CEC6CF

text

#100710

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7C238E

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

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