#72178F#72178F

#72178F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.186 H 315.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72178F
RGB	rgb(114, 23, 143)
HSL	hsl(286, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(286, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 83.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.85, 54.62, -45.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.85, 71.33, 319.98°)
OKLab	oklab(41.99% 0.1337 -0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(41.99% 0.186 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.2030, 6.1739, 26.5302)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72178F #348F17

analogous

#36178F #72178F #8F1770

triadic

#72178F #8F7217 #178F72

tetradic

#72178F #8F3617 #348F17 #17708F

square

#72178F #8F3617 #348F17 #17708F

split-complementary

#72178F #708F17 #178F36

monochromatic

#1E0626 #480F5A #72178F #9C1FC4 #BA40E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#72178F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#72178F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72178F

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72178F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72178F	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13498D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#703555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72178f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 23, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.186 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f62b0',
    500: '#72178f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72178f;
$custom-light: #9f62b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72178f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4199,
    "c": 0.18615,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72178F

secondary

#60C141

accent

#EF3965

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF5

border

#CEC6CF

text

#0F0611

muted

#7F7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #72178F

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

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