#7E278D#7E278D

#7E278D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.173 H 321.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E278D
RGB	rgb(126, 39, 141)
HSL	hsl(291, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(291, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 72.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.59, 51.19, -38.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.59, 64.06, 323.04°)
OKLab	oklab(44.98% 0.1348 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(44.98% 0.173 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.1369, 7.8105, 25.9571)
Luminance	0.0781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E278D #368D27

analogous

#4B278D #7E278D #8D2769

triadic

#7E278D #8D7E27 #278D7E

tetradic

#7E278D #8D4B27 #368D27 #27698D

square

#7E278D #8D4B27 #368D27 #27698D

split-complementary

#7E278D #698D27 #278D4B

monochromatic

#280C2D #531A5D #7E278D #A934BD #C15CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#7E278D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#7E278D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E278D

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E278D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E278D	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)

#004990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#33528B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F3A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e278d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 39, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.173 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a76aaf',
    500: '#7e278d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e278d;
$custom-light: #a76aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e278d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.176,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44982,
    "c": 0.17251,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E278D

secondary

#67B759

accent

#E0485E

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#100710

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E278D

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

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