#72168E#72168E

#72168E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.186 H 316.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72168E
RGB	rgb(114, 22, 142)
HSL	hsl(286, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(286, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 84.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.68, 54.71, -45.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.68, 71.18, 320.23°)
OKLab	oklab(41.85% 0.1346 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(41.85% 0.186 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.1081, 6.1047, 26.1265)
Luminance	0.0610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72168E #328E16

analogous

#36168E #72168E #8E166E

triadic

#72168E #8E7216 #168E72

tetradic

#72168E #8E3616 #328E16 #166E8E

square

#72168E #8E3616 #328E16 #166E8E

split-complementary

#72168E #6E8E16 #168E36

monochromatic

#1D0624 #470E59 #72168E #9D1EC3 #BB3DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.46

#72168E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#72168E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72168E

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72168E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72168E	1.00	9.46	2.22	9.46
#FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14488C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#703454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72168e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 22, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.186 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f61b0',
    500: '#72168e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72168e;
$custom-light: #9f61b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72168e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41847,
    "c": 0.18612,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72168E

secondary

#5DC13F

accent

#F03863

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF5

border

#CEC6CF

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72168E

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

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