#72177A#72177A

#72177A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.168 H 324.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72177A
RGB	rgb(114, 23, 122)
HSL	hsl(295, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(295, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 81.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.37, 50.62, -35.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.37, 61.60, 325.25°)
OKLab	oklab(40.48% 0.1369 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(40.48% 0.168 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.7584, 5.5960, 18.9221)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72177A #1F7A17

analogous

#40177A #72177A #7A1750

triadic

#72177A #7A7217 #177A72

tetradic

#72177A #7A4017 #1F7A17 #17507A

square

#72177A #7A4017 #1F7A17 #17507A

split-complementary

#72177A #507A17 #177A40

monochromatic

#18051A #420D47 #72177A #A221AD #CB33D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#72177A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#72177A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72177A

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72177A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72177A	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C4678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#742A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72177a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 23, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.168 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e61a1',
    500: '#72177a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72177a;
$custom-light: #9e61a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72177a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.152,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40481,
    "c": 0.16831,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72177A

secondary

#47AF3E

accent

#EB3D4B

background

#FAF6F9

surface

#F3EBF2

border

#CDC6CC

text

#0F050F

muted

#7F7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #72177A

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

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