#72159E#72159E

#72159E is a dark, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.201 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72159E
RGB	rgb(114, 21, 158)
HSL	hsl(281, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(281, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 86.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.84, 58.20, -53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.84, 79.03, 317.43°)
OKLab	oklab(43.05% 0.1313 -0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(43.05% 0.201 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.3779, 6.5827, 32.9070)
Luminance	0.0658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72159E #419E15

analogous

#2E159E #72159E #9E1585

triadic

#72159E #9E7215 #159E72

tetradic

#72159E #9E2E15 #419E15 #15859E

square

#72159E #9E2E15 #419E15 #15859E

split-complementary

#72159E #859E15 #159E2E

monochromatic

#240732 #4B0E68 #72159E #991CD4 #B347E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#72159E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#72159E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72159E

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72159E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72159E	1.00	9.07	2.32	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C3B5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72159e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 21, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.201 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a062bc',
    500: '#72159e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72159e;
$custom-light: #a062bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72159e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.73,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43048,
    "c": 0.2007,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72159E

secondary

#70C747

accent

#F33572

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72159E

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

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