#72138E#72138E

#72138E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.188 H 316.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72138E
RGB	rgb(114, 19, 142)
HSL	hsl(286, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(286, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 86.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.40, 55.50, -45.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.40, 72.07, 320.37°)
OKLab	oklab(41.66% 0.1366 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(41.66% 0.188 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0540, 5.9967, 26.1085)
Luminance	0.0600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72138E #2F8E13

analogous

#34138E #72138E #8E136D

triadic

#72138E #8E7213 #138E72

tetradic

#72138E #8E3413 #2F8E13 #136D8E

square

#72138E #8E3413 #2F8E13 #136D8E

split-complementary

#72138E #6D8E13 #138E34

monochromatic

#1B0522 #470C58 #72138E #9D1AC4 #BD37E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.55

#72138E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#72138E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72138E

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72138E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72138E	1.00	9.55	2.20	9.55
#FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11488C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#703353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72138e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 19, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.188 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f60b0',
    500: '#72138e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72138e;
$custom-light: #9f60b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72138e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.341,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41657,
    "c": 0.18845,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72138E

secondary

#5AC23B

accent

#F33560

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF5

border

#CEC6CF

text

#0F0510

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72138E

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

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