#72169E#72169E

#72169E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.200 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72169E
RGB	rgb(114, 22, 158)
HSL	hsl(281, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(281, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 86.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.93, 57.94, -53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.93, 78.74, 317.38°)
OKLab	oklab(43.11% 0.1307 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(43.11% 0.2 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.3967, 6.6202, 32.9132)
Luminance	0.0662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72169E #429E16

analogous

#2E169E #72169E #9E1686

triadic

#72169E #9E7216 #169E72

tetradic

#72169E #9E2E16 #429E16 #16869E

square

#72169E #9E2E16 #429E16 #16869E

split-complementary

#72169E #869E16 #169E2E

monochromatic

#240733 #4B0F68 #72169E #991DD4 #B349E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#72169E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#72169E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72169E

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72169E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72169E	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C3C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72169e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 22, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.200 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a062bc',
    500: '#72169e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72169e;
$custom-light: #a062bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72169e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.588,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4311,
    "c": 0.19998,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72169E

secondary

#72C749

accent

#F23673

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72169E

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

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