#72127E#72127E

#72127E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.176 H 322.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72127E
RGB	rgb(114, 18, 126)
HSL	hsl(293, 75%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(293, 86%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 85.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.16, 52.74, -37.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.16, 64.99, 324.24°)
OKLab	oklab(40.42% 0.1402 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(40.42% 0.176 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.9213, 5.5171, 20.2243)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.00

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72127E #1E7E12

analogous

#3C127E #72127E #7E1254

triadic

#72127E #7E7212 #127E72

tetradic

#72127E #7E3C12 #1E7E12 #12547E

square

#72127E #7E3C12 #1E7E12 #12547E

split-complementary

#72127E #547E12 #127E3C

monochromatic

#18041B #420A48 #72127E #A21AB4 #CC2AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#72127E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#72127E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72127E

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72127E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72127E	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26467C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#742A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72127e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 18, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.176 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e5fa4',
    500: '#72127e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72127e;
$custom-light: #9e5fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72127e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40418,
    "c": 0.17596,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72127E

secondary

#46B438

accent

#F2364B

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F050F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72127E

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

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