#72118E#72118E

#72118E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.190 H 316.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72118E
RGB	rgb(114, 17, 142)
HSL	hsl(287, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(287, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 88%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.24, 55.98, -46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.24, 72.61, 320.45°)
OKLab	oklab(41.54% 0.1379 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(41.54% 0.19 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.0216, 5.9318, 26.0977)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72118E #2D8E11

analogous

#33118E #72118E #8E116B

triadic

#72118E #8E7211 #118E72

tetradic

#72118E #8E3311 #2D8E11 #116B8E

square

#72118E #8E3311 #2D8E11 #116B8E

split-complementary

#72118E #6B8E11 #118E33

monochromatic

#1A0421 #460A57 #72118E #9E18C5 #BE33E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#72118E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#72118E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72118E

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72118E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72118E	1.00	9.61	2.19	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F478C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#703253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72118e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 17, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.190 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f60b0',
    500: '#72118e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72118e;
$custom-light: #9f60b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72118e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.56,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41543,
    "c": 0.18986,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72118E

secondary

#57C238

accent

#F5335E

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF5

border

#CEC6CF

text

#0F0510

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72118E

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

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