#72157F#72157F

#72157F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.174 H 322.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72157F
RGB	rgb(114, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(293, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(293, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 83.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.50, 52.12, -38.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.50, 64.53, 323.87°)
OKLab	oklab(40.68% 0.1379 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(40.68% 0.174 322.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.0380, 5.6467, 20.5831)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.13

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72157F #227F15

analogous

#3D157F #72157F #7F1557

triadic

#72157F #7F7215 #157F72

tetradic

#72157F #7F3D15 #227F15 #15577F

square

#72157F #7F3D15 #227F15 #15577F

split-complementary

#72157F #577F15 #157F3D

monochromatic

#18041A #430C4A #72157F #A11EB4 #C831DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#72157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#72157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72157F

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72157F	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27477D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#732C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.174 322.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e60a5',
    500: '#72157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72157f;
$custom-light: #9e60a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.642,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40682,
    "c": 0.17429,
    "h": 322.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72157F

secondary

#4BB43C

accent

#EE3950

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F050F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72157F

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

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