#72186B#72186B

#72186B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.155 H 331.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72186B
RGB	rgb(114, 24, 107)
HSL	hsl(305, 65%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(305, 79%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 6.1%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.55, 47.68, -26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.55, 54.70, 330.64°)
OKLab	oklab(39.6% 0.1364 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(39.6% 0.155 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.9199, 5.2930, 14.4063)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72186B #18721F

analogous

#4C1872 #72186B #72183E

triadic

#72186B #6B7218 #186B72

tetradic

#72186B #724C18 #18721F #183E72

square

#72186B #724C18 #18721F #183E72

split-complementary

#72186B #3E7218 #18724C

monochromatic

#190518 #3F0D3C #72186B #A5239A #D431C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.20

#72186B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#72186B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72186B

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72186B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72186B	1.00	10.20	2.06	10.20
#FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#10396D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#354569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#772340

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72186b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 24, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.155 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e6096',
    500: '#72186b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72186b;
$custom-light: #9e6096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72186b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.667,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39602,
    "c": 0.15513,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72186B

secondary

#3EA747

accent

#E84D40

background

#FAF6F9

surface

#F3EBF2

border

#CDC6CC

text

#0F050D

muted

#7F7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #72186B

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

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