#72157E#72157E

#72157E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.173 H 322.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72157E
RGB	rgb(114, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(293, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(293, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.43, 51.93, -37.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.43, 64.08, 324.14°)
OKLab	oklab(40.61% 0.138 -0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(40.61% 0.173 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.9731, 5.6208, 20.2416)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.16

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72157E #217E15

analogous

#3E157E #72157E #7E1556

triadic

#72157E #7E7215 #157E72

tetradic

#72157E #7E3E15 #217E15 #15567E

square

#72157E #7E3E15 #217E15 #15567E

split-complementary

#72157E #567E15 #157E3E

monochromatic

#18041A #430C4A #72157E #A11EB2 #C931DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#72157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#72157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72157E

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72157E	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27467C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#742B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.173 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e60a4',
    500: '#72157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72157e;
$custom-light: #9e60a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.143,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40612,
    "c": 0.17346,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72157E

secondary

#49B33C

accent

#EE3A4E

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F050F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72157E

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

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