#72186C#72186C

#72186C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.156 H 331.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72186C
RGB	rgb(114, 24, 108)
HSL	hsl(304, 65%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(304, 79%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 5.3%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.61, 47.85, -27.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.61, 55.12, 330.23°)
OKLab	oklab(39.66% 0.1364 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(39.66% 0.156 331)
XYZ	xyz(9.9728, 5.3142, 14.6849)
Luminance	0.0531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72186C #18721E

analogous

#4B1872 #72186C #72183F

triadic

#72186C #6C7218 #186C72

tetradic

#72186C #724B18 #18721E #183F72

square

#72186C #724B18 #18721E #183F72

split-complementary

#72186C #3F7218 #18724B

monochromatic

#190518 #3F0D3C #72186C #A5239C #D431C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#72186C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#72186C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72186C

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72186C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72186C	1.00	10.18	2.06	10.18
#FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E396E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#35466A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#772441

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72186c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 24, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.156 331.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72186c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39662,
    "c": 0.15591,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.05313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72186C

secondary

#3EA745

accent

#E84B40

background

#FAF6F9

surface

#F3EBF2

border

#CDC6CC

text

#0F050D

muted

#7F7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #72186C

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

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