#72127F#72127F

#72127F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.177 H 322.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72127F
RGB	rgb(114, 18, 127)
HSL	hsl(293, 75%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(293, 86%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 85.8%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.23, 52.92, -38.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.23, 65.44, 323.97°)
OKLab	oklab(40.49% 0.1401 -0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(40.49% 0.177 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.9861, 5.5430, 20.5658)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.98

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72127F #1F7F12

analogous

#3B127F #72127F #7F1255

triadic

#72127F #7F7212 #127F72

tetradic

#72127F #7F3B12 #1F7F12 #12557F

square

#72127F #7F3B12 #1F7F12 #12557F

split-complementary

#72127F #557F12 #127F3B

monochromatic

#18041B #420A49 #72127F #A21AB5 #CB2BE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#72127F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#72127F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72127F

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72127F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72127F	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25467D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#732B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72127f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 18, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.177 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e5fa5',
    500: '#72127f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72127f;
$custom-light: #9e5fa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72127f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.844,
    "s": 75.172,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40489,
    "c": 0.17677,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72127F

secondary

#47B538

accent

#F2364C

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F050F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72127F

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

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