#72168A#72168A

#72168A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.183 H 317.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72168A
RGB	rgb(114, 22, 138)
HSL	hsl(288, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(288, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 84.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.38, 53.92, -43.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.38, 69.30, 321.09°)
OKLab	oklab(41.55% 0.1354 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(41.55% 0.183 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8131, 5.9868, 24.5731)
Luminance	0.0599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72168A #2E8A16

analogous

#38168A #72168A #8A1668

triadic

#72168A #8A7216 #168A72

tetradic

#72168A #8A3816 #2E8A16 #16688A

square

#72168A #8A3816 #2E8A16 #16688A

split-complementary

#72168A #688A16 #168A38

monochromatic

#1B0520 #460E55 #72168A #9E1EBF #BE3BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.56

#72168A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#72168A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72168A

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72168A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72168A	1.00	9.56	2.20	9.56
#FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B4888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#713252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72168a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 22, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.183 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f61ad',
    500: '#72168a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72168a;
$custom-light: #9f61ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72168a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.586,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41546,
    "c": 0.1827,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72168A

secondary

#58BE3E

accent

#EF395E

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72168A

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

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