#72177E#72177E

#72177E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.172 H 322.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72177E
RGB	rgb(114, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(293, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(293, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.64, 51.35, -37.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.64, 63.42, 324.07°)
OKLab	oklab(40.75% 0.1365 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(40.75% 0.172 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.0113, 5.6972, 20.2543)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72177E #237E17

analogous

#3F177E #72177E #7E1757

triadic

#72177E #7E7217 #177E72

tetradic

#72177E #7E3F17 #237E17 #17577E

square

#72177E #7E3F17 #237E17 #17577E

split-complementary

#72177E #577E17 #177E3F

monochromatic

#17051A #430E4A #72177E #A120B2 #C735DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#72177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#72177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72177E

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72177E	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28477C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#742C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.172 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e61a4',
    500: '#72177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72177e;
$custom-light: #9e61a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.01,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40754,
    "c": 0.17165,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72177E

secondary

#4CB33E

accent

#EC3C50

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF4

border

#CDC6CE

text

#0F050F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72177E

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

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