#72156B#72156B

#72156B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.158 H 331.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72156B
RGB	rgb(114, 21, 107)
HSL	hsl(305, 69%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(305, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.6%, 6.1%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.23, 48.61, -27.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.23, 55.76, 330.65°)
OKLab	oklab(39.37% 0.1391 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(39.37% 0.158 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.8614, 5.1761, 14.3868)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72156B #15721C

analogous

#4B1572 #72156B #72153D

triadic

#72156B #6B7215 #156B72

tetradic

#72156B #724B15 #15721C #153D72

square

#72156B #724B15 #15721C #153D72

split-complementary

#72156B #3D7215 #15724B

monochromatic

#1A0518 #3E0B3A #72156B #A61F9C #D82ACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.32

#72156B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#72156B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72156B

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72156B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72156B	1.00	10.32	2.04	10.32
#FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B386D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#344569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#772140

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72156b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 21, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.158 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e5f96',
    500: '#72156b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72156b;
$custom-light: #9e5f96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72156b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.516,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39371,
    "c": 0.15819,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72156B

secondary

#3BA843

accent

#EC493C

background

#FAF5F9

surface

#F3EAF2

border

#CDC6CC

text

#0F050D

muted

#7F797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #72156B

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

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