Byzantine Purple

About Byzantine Purple

Byzantine Purple is the hex color #77216F, which translates to rgb(119, 33, 111) in RGB and hsl(306, 57%, 30%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 306 degrees, with a saturation of 57 percent and a lightness of 30 percent. That combination puts Byzantine Purple in the workable middle of the purple family, neither pastel nor fully saturated.

How Byzantine Purple compares

The closest standard CSS keyword is purple (#800080), a CIE76 distance of 16.5 away in CIELAB. That is a visible difference, so the keyword is not a substitute here. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is fuchsia-900 (#721378), at a distance of 10.4. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Byzantium at 10.1. Sorted by lightness, Byzantine Purple is number 4 of the 31 purple colors here.

Text on Byzantine Purple

2 of the five common text colors below clear WCAG AA for normal text on Byzantine Purple, led by White at 9.41:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Byzantine Purple already loaded as the background.

Building a palette around Byzantine Purple

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Byzantine Purple for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.