#7C278D#7C278D

#7C278D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.172 H 320.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7C278D
RGB	rgb(124, 39, 141)
HSL	hsl(290, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(290, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 72.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.26, 50.73, -39.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.26, 64.02, 322.41°)
OKLab	oklab(44.69% 0.1323 -0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(44.69% 0.172 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.8448, 7.6599, 25.9434)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7C278D #388D27

analogous

#49278D #7C278D #8D276B

triadic

#7C278D #8D7C27 #278D7C

tetradic

#7C278D #8D4927 #388D27 #276B8D

square

#7C278D #8D4927 #388D27 #276B8D

split-complementary

#7C278D #6B8D27 #278D49

monochromatic

#280C2D #521A5D #7C278D #A634BD #BE5CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#7C278D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#7C278D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7C278D

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7C278D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7C278D	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#31518B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D3A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7c278d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(124, 39, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.172 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a569af',
    500: '#7c278d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7c278d;
$custom-light: #a569af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7c278d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 124,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44689,
    "c": 0.17161,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7C278D

secondary

#68B759

accent

#E04861

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#100710

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7C278D

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

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