#72157B#72157B

#72157B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.171 H 324.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72157B
RGB	rgb(114, 21, 123)
HSL	hsl(295, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(295, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 82.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.23, 51.39, -35.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.23, 62.72, 325.01°)
OKLab	oklab(40.41% 0.1384 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(40.41% 0.171 324)
XYZ	xyz(10.7824, 5.5445, 19.2373)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72157B #1E7B15

analogous

#3F157B #72157B #7B1551

triadic

#72157B #7B7215 #157B72

tetradic

#72157B #7B3F15 #1E7B15 #15517B

square

#72157B #7B3F15 #1E7B15 #15517B

split-complementary

#72157B #517B15 #157B3F

monochromatic

#18041A #420C47 #72157B #A21EAF #CC2FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#72157B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#72157B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72157B

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72157B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72157B	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)

#003C7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A4679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#742A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72157b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 21, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.171 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e60a2',
    500: '#72157b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72157b;
$custom-light: #9e60a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72157b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.706,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40405,
    "c": 0.17099,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.05544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72157B

secondary

#46B03B

accent

#EE3A4A

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF3

border

#CDC6CD

text

#0F050F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72157B

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

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