#72137E#72137E

#72137E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.175 H 322.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72137E
RGB	rgb(114, 19, 126)
HSL	hsl(293, 74%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(293, 85%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 84.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.25, 52.48, -37.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.25, 64.69, 324.21°)
OKLab	oklab(40.48% 0.1395 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(40.48% 0.175 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.9378, 5.5502, 20.2298)
Luminance	0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.05

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72137E #1F7E13

analogous

#3C137E #72137E #7E1354

triadic

#72137E #7E7213 #137E72

tetradic

#72137E #7E3C13 #1F7E13 #13547E

square

#72137E #7E3C13 #1F7E13 #13547E

split-complementary

#72137E #547E13 #137E3C

monochromatic

#18041B #420B49 #72137E #A21BB3 #CB2CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#72137E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#72137E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72137E

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72137E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72137E	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27467C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#742B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72137e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 19, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.175 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e5fa4',
    500: '#72137e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72137e;
$custom-light: #9e5fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72137e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.271,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40481,
    "c": 0.17516,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72137E

secondary

#47B439

accent

#F0374C

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F050F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72137E

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

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