#72117E#72117E

#72117E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.177 H 322.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72117E
RGB	rgb(114, 17, 126)
HSL	hsl(293, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(293, 87%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 86.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.07, 52.98, -38.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.07, 65.27, 324.27°)
OKLab	oklab(40.36% 0.1409 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(40.36% 0.177 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.9054, 5.4853, 20.2190)
Luminance	0.0549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72117E #1D7E11

analogous

#3B117E #72117E #7E1154

triadic

#72117E #7E7211 #117E72

tetradic

#72117E #7E3B11 #1D7E11 #11547E

square

#72117E #7E3B11 #1D7E11 #11547E

split-complementary

#72117E #547E11 #117E3B

monochromatic

#18041B #410A48 #72117E #A318B4 #CD27E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.01

#72117E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#72117E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72117E

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72117E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72117E	1.00	10.01	2.10	10.01
#FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26467C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#742A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72117e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 17, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.177 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e5fa4',
    500: '#72117e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72117e;
$custom-light: #9e5fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72117e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.394,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40359,
    "c": 0.17673,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72117E

secondary

#45B437

accent

#F3354A

background

#FAF5FA

surface

#F4EAF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F050F

muted

#7F797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72117E

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

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