#72177F#72177F

#72177F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.172 H 322.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72177F
RGB	rgb(114, 23, 127)
HSL	hsl(293, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(293, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 81.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.70, 51.54, -37.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.70, 63.87, 323.79°)
OKLab	oklab(40.82% 0.1363 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(40.82% 0.172 322.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.0762, 5.7232, 20.5958)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.25

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72177F #247F17

analogous

#3E177F #72177F #7F1758

triadic

#72177F #7F7217 #177F72

tetradic

#72177F #7F3E17 #247F17 #17587F

square

#72177F #7F3E17 #247F17 #17587F

split-complementary

#72177F #587F17 #177F3E

monochromatic

#17051A #430E4B #72177F #A120B3 #C636DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#72177F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#72177F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72177F

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72177F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72177F	1.00	9.79	2.14	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28477D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#732D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72177f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 23, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.172 322.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e61a5',
    500: '#72177f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72177f;
$custom-light: #9e61a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72177f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 69.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40823,
    "c": 0.17248,
    "h": 322.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72177F

secondary

#4DB43E

accent

#EC3C52

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F050F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72177F

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

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