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#782890

a dark, vivid violet · neutral · closest name: Dark Magenta

Token name suggestion: Dusk Iris

RGB
120, 40, 144
HSL
286°, 57%, 36%
CMYK
17, 72, 0, 44
Luminance
0.0752

#782890 is a dark vivid violet, 286° on the wheel and 58/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (8.38:1). As text it scores 8.38:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Dark Magenta, nearest Tailwind family is violet.

hsl(286 57% 36%)rgb(120 40 144)Base step 700AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #782890 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#782890
Hue
286°
violet
Saturation
57%
vivid
Lightness
36%
dark
Brightness
56%
HSV value
Perceived
34%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.0752
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
58/100 cool
Color family
Violet
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
White
8.38:1
Closest name
Dark Magenta
ΔE2000 4.8
Chroma
64.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.444
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
violet
500 · ΔE 20.2
Web-safe
#663399
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue286° of 360°
Saturation57%
Lightness36%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #782890.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool58% cool

Reads neutral. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red53%
Green20%
Blue27%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#782890
HEX (8-digit)#782890ff
RGBrgb(120, 40, 144)
RGBArgba(120, 40, 144, 1)
HSLhsl(286, 57%, 36%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286, 72%, 56%)
HWBhwb(286 16% 44%)
CMYKcmyk(17%, 72%, 0%, 44%)
LABlab(33.0 50.0 -41.4)
LCHlch(33.0 64.9 320.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.444 0.171 317.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(13.54, 7.52, 27.12)
Decimal7874704
Display P3color(display-p3 0.471 0.157 0.565)
Web-safe#663399

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #782890;
background-color: #782890;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #782890;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#782890] bg-[#782890]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #782890;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.471, green: 0.157, blue: 0.565)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.471, green: 0.157, blue: 0.565, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#782890</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF782890)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF782890)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(144, 40, 120)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(120, 40, 144)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(120, 40, 144)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 120, 40, 144)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4706f, 0.1569f, 0.5647f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{120,40,144}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #782890 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #782890 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#531C64, #E8D3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #782890 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F9F4FB;
  --brand-100: #F3E9F6;
  --brand-200: #E7CDEE;
  --brand-300: #D8A7E7;
  --brand-400: #C57BDA;
  --brand-500: #B14FCE;
  --brand-600: #A035C0;
  --brand-700: #782890;
  --brand-800: #6A2380;
  --brand-900: #4E1D5D;
  --brand-950: #31123A;
  --brand: #782890;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F9F4FA;
  --brand-border: #E2C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #612074;
  --brand-pressed: #4A1958;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #211424;
    --brand-ink: #E8D3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9F4FB',
        100: '#F3E9F6',
        200: '#E7CDEE',
        300: '#D8A7E7',
        400: '#C57BDA',
        500: '#B14FCE',
        600: '#A035C0',
        700: '#782890',
        800: '#6A2380',
        900: '#4E1D5D',
        950: '#31123A',
        DEFAULT: '#782890',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9F4FB,
  '100': #F3E9F6,
  '200': #E7CDEE,
  '300': #D8A7E7,
  '400': #C57BDA,
  '500': #B14FCE,
  '600': #A035C0,
  '700': #782890,
  '800': #6A2380,
  '900': #4E1D5D,
  '950': #31123A,
);
$brand-base: #782890;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9F4FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F3E9F6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E7CDEE", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#D8A7E7", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#C57BDA", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#B14FCE", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#A035C0", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#782890", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#6A2380", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#4E1D5D", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#31123A", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #782890 · 8.38:1
Use #ffffffAAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 8.38:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Aa
Black text · 2.50:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #782890 as text scores 8.38:1 on white and 2.50:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #F6EBF9 at 7.25:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#782890 · 8.38:1
AA on whitealready passes
#782890
The quick fox
#782890 · 8.38:1
AAA on whitealready passes
#782890
The quick fox
#AE48CC · 4.60:1
AA on black+18% L
#AE48CC
The quick fox
#C378D9 · 7.01:1
AAA on black+30% L
#C378D9

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #782890 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#782890 on white: 8.38:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#782890 on black: 2.50:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #782890 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #782890.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White8.38:1AaAa
Slate 508.01:1AaAa
Slate 1007.65:1AaAa
Slate 2006.80:1AaAa
Slate 3005.65:1AaAa
Slate 4003.27:1AaAa
Slate 5001.76:1AaAa
Slate 6001.11:1AaAa
Slate 7001.24:1AaAa
Slate 8001.74:1AaAa
Slate 9002.13:1AaAa
Black2.50:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #004993
deuteranopia · #2B508E
tritanopia · #773D59

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #782890 is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F9F4FB
#F3E9F6
#E7CDEE
#D8A7E7
#C57BDA
#B14FCE
#A035C0
#782890
#6A2380
#4E1D5D
#31123A
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #F9F4FBDarkest = 950 · #31123AText step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.043 317.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.069 317.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.103 317.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.134 317.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.158 317.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.171 317.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.171 317.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.161 317.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.144 317.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.120 317.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.094 317.3);
}

Colors that work with #782890

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F9F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#E2C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#884B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#5A9424
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#531C64
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F6EBF9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#211424
Dark-mode background
Hover#612074
One step down in lightness
Pressed#4A1958
Two steps down
Disabled#A17DAC
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#8B22AA
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #782890

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text on black or near-black surfaces
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Black text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

creativepremiummodernimaginative

Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Deep violets swallow detail on screens with poor gamma; check it on a cheap laptop panel.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight64/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#409028
Analogous left#442890
Analogous right#902874
Split-complement 1#749028
Split-complement 2#289044
Triadic 1#907828
Triadic 2#289078
Tetradic#904428
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°286°

#782890 sits at 286°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red47.1%
Green15.7%
Blue56.5%
R · 0–255
120
0x78
G · 0–255
40
0x28
B · 0–255
144
0x90

CMYK percentages

Cyan16.7%
Magenta72.2%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)43.5%

Total ink coverage is 132%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#782890 text on a black background

contrast 2.50:1

Card sample

#782890 text on a white background

contrast 8.38:1

Card sample

#782890 on grey

7.65:1

#782890 on its own surface

7.72:1

#782890 on its dark surface

2.10:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #782890;
Background color
Panel with #782890 background
background-color: #782890;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #782890;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(120, 40, 144, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(120, 40, 144, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #782890;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #782890, #902863);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #782890, #902849);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #782890;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #782890;
caret-color: #782890;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #782890;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F6EBF9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #782890;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#782890 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #782890 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(120, 40, 144, 0.5)
rgb(120 40 144 / 50%)
#78289080
hsl(286 57% 36% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #782890 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#7828901a#F2EAF4
20%#78289033#E4D4E9
40%#78289066#C9A9D3
60%#78289099#AE7EBC
80%#782890cc#9353A6

Gradients from #782890

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #A035C0, #782890 45%, #531C64);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #782890, #78214B);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #782890, #409028);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #AE48CC 0%, #782890 45%, #531C64 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #4C33B8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #A82F7D 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #531C64 0%, transparent 65%), #782890;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #782890

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#782890 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Creative toolsFintechBeautyLuxury
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 2.50:1 — lift it to #AE48CC for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#782890, answered

What color is #782890?

#782890 is a dark vivid violet, closest to Dark Magenta (ΔE2000 4.8). It sits at 286° on the hue wheel with 57% saturation and 36% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #782890?

rgb(120, 40, 144) — 120 red, 40 green and 144 blue out of 255, or 47.1% / 15.7% / 56.5% by channel.

What is #782890 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(286, 57%, 36%) and hsv(286, 72%, 56%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #782890 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.0752 and perceived brightness is 34%, so white text on it reaches 8.38:1.

Should I use black or white text on #782890?

White. It scores 8.38:1 against #782890, versus 2.50:1 for black — AAA at any size.

Is #782890 accessible on a white background?

#782890 on white scores 8.38:1, which clears AAA at every size.

What is the complementary color of #782890?

#409028 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #749028 and #289044, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #782890?

For interface work: #F9F4FA as the surface, #E2C0ED for borders, #884B9B for secondary text, #5A9424 as an accent and #531C64 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #442890 and #902874 stays calm, while #409028 is the loudest partner.

What is #782890 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(17%, 72%, 0%, 44%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #782890 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 58 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #902882; nudged cooler, #522692.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #782890?

The violet family — its 500 step is #8b5cf6, ΔE2000 20.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #782890 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #782890 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#782890] or text-[#782890], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #782890 with 50% opacity?

rgba(120, 40, 144, 0.5), or #78289080 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #BC94C8; over black, #3C1448.

Is #782890 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #663399, ΔE2000 4.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #782890 mean?

As a violet, it reads creative, premium, modern. Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #782890?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #A035C0, #782890 45%, #531C64). For more colour, a short hue run to #78214B keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #782890 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #782890 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.