#72147F#72147F

#72147F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.175 H 322.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72147F
RGB	rgb(114, 20, 127)
HSL	hsl(293, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(293, 84%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 84.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.41, 52.39, -38.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.41, 64.85, 323.90°)
OKLab	oklab(40.62% 0.1387 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(40.62% 0.175 322.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.0200, 5.6107, 20.5771)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.08

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72147F #217F14

analogous

#3D147F #72147F #7F1457

triadic

#72147F #7F7214 #147F72

tetradic

#72147F #7F3D14 #217F14 #14577F

square

#72147F #7F3D14 #217F14 #14577F

split-complementary

#72147F #577F14 #147F3D

monochromatic

#18041A #430C4A #72147F #A11CB4 #C92FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#72147F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#72147F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72147F

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72147F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72147F	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26467D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#732B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72147f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 20, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.175 322.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e60a5',
    500: '#72147f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72147f;
$custom-light: #9e60a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72147f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.71,
    "s": 72.789,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40615,
    "c": 0.17514,
    "h": 322.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72147F

secondary

#49B43B

accent

#EF384F

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F050F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72147F

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

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