#72157C#72157C

#72157C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.172 H 323.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72157C
RGB	rgb(114, 21, 124)
HSL	hsl(294, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(294, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 83.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.30, 51.57, -36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.30, 63.17, 324.72°)
OKLab	oklab(40.47% 0.1383 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(40.47% 0.172 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.8454, 5.5697, 19.5687)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72157C #1F7C15

analogous

#3E157C #72157C #7C1552

triadic

#72157C #7C7215 #157C72

tetradic

#72157C #7C3E15 #1F7C15 #15527C

square

#72157C #7C3E15 #1F7C15 #15527C

split-complementary

#72157C #527C15 #157C3E

monochromatic

#18041A #420C48 #72157C #A21EB0 #CB30DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#72157C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#72157C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72157C

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72157C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72157C	1.00	9.93	2.11	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29467A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#742A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72157c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 21, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.172 323.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72157c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.175,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40474,
    "c": 0.17181,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72157C

secondary

#47B13C

accent

#EE3A4B

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F050F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72157C

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

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