#72179F#72179F

#72179F is a dark, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.200 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72179F
RGB	rgb(114, 23, 159)
HSL	hsl(280, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(280, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 85.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.10, 57.88, -53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.10, 78.92, 317.17°)
OKLab	oklab(43.26% 0.1298 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(43.26% 0.2 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.5026, 6.6937, 33.3749)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72179F #449F17

analogous

#2E179F #72179F #9F1788

triadic

#72179F #9F7217 #179F72

tetradic

#72179F #9F2E17 #449F17 #17889F

square

#72179F #9F2E17 #449F17 #17889F

split-complementary

#72179F #889F17 #179F2E

monochromatic

#250834 #4C0F6A #72179F #981FD4 #B24BE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#72179F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#72179F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72179F

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72179F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72179F	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C3D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72179f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 23, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.200 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a063bc',
    500: '#72179f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72179f;
$custom-light: #a063bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72179f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.147,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43255,
    "c": 0.20012,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72179F

secondary

#74C74B

accent

#F13674

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72179F

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

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