#72158E#72158E

#72158E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.187 H 316.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72158E
RGB	rgb(114, 21, 142)
HSL	hsl(286, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(286, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 85.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.58, 54.98, -45.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.58, 71.48, 320.28°)
OKLab	oklab(41.78% 0.1353 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(41.78% 0.187 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.0893, 6.0672, 26.1202)
Luminance	0.0607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72158E #318E15

analogous

#36158E #72158E #8E156E

triadic

#72158E #8E7215 #158E72

tetradic

#72158E #8E3615 #318E15 #156E8E

square

#72158E #8E3615 #318E15 #156E8E

split-complementary

#72158E #6E8E15 #158E36

monochromatic

#1C0523 #470D59 #72158E #9D1DC3 #BB3BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#72158E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#72158E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72158E

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72158E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72158E	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13488C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#703354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72158e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 21, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.187 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f61b0',
    500: '#72158e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72158e;
$custom-light: #9f61b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72158e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.116,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41781,
    "c": 0.18692,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72158E

secondary

#5CC23D

accent

#F13762

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF5

border

#CEC6CF

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72158E

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

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