#72167E#72167E

#72167E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.173 H 322.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72167E
RGB	rgb(114, 22, 126)
HSL	hsl(293, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(293, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 82.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.53, 51.65, -37.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.53, 63.75, 324.11°)
OKLab	oklab(40.68% 0.1373 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(40.68% 0.173 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.9919, 5.6583, 20.2478)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.21

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72167E #227E16

analogous

#3E167E #72167E #7E1656

triadic

#72167E #7E7216 #167E72

tetradic

#72167E #7E3E16 #227E16 #16567E

square

#72167E #7E3E16 #227E16 #16567E

split-complementary

#72167E #567E16 #167E3E

monochromatic

#18051A #430D4A #72167E #A11FB2 #C833DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#72167E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#72167E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72167E

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72167E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72167E	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28477C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#742C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72167e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 22, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.173 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e60a4',
    500: '#72167e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72167e;
$custom-light: #9e60a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72167e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.077,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40682,
    "c": 0.17257,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72167E

secondary

#4BB33D

accent

#ED3B4F

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F050F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72167E

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

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