Byzantium (#702963)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

Sample Text

This is how text may look on this color.

Best text color: #FFFFFF
Contrast vs white: 9.61:1 — vs black: 2.19:1

Color values

HEX #702963
RGB rgb(112, 41, 99)
HSL hsl(310, 63%, 43%)
CMYK cmyk( 0, 63.39, 11.61, 56.08 )
Websafe #663366

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Tags

Mood

Style

Use case

Text (210) Button (200) Accent (185)

Tip: tags are heuristic suggestions (helpful for browsing and inspiration).

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #702963 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

Byzantium
#702963 Base

#297036

Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

Byzantium
#702963 Base

#592970

#702940

Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

Byzantium
#702963 Base

#637029

#296370

Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

Byzantium
#702963 Base

#407029

#297059

Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

Byzantium
#702963 Base

#705929

#297036

#294070

Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

Byzantium
#702963 Base

#130711

#381532

#521E49

#8E347D

#A83E95

#C86AB7

Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of Byzantium, generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

— #130711

— #250E21

— #381532

— #4B1B42

— #5D2253

Byzantium #702963 Base

— #A13B8E

— #C35BB0

— #D58BC7

— #E6BCDF

— #F8ECF6

CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #702963. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #702963;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #702963;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #702963;
}

/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #702963,
        #29B743
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #702963,
        #29B743
    );
}

// SCSS variable
$byzantium: #702963;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$byzantium-r: 112;
$byzantium-g: 41;
$byzantium-b: 99;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $byzantium;
    color: rgba($byzantium-r, $byzantium-g, $byzantium-b, 0.8);
}

Color Blindness Simulation

How Byzantium appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #702963 How the color appears with full color vision.

Deuteranopia #474762 Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.

Protanopia #363663 Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.

Tritanopia #6B3535 Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.

Achromatopsia #454545 Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.

Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to Byzantium ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Byzantium #702963 Base

Palatinate Purple #682860 ΔE 1.71

Imperial #602F6B ΔE 5.23

Japanese Violet #5B3256 ΔE 6.13

French Plum #811453 ΔE 6.77

How to use this color

Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.