#72187B#72187B

#72187B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.168 H 323.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72187B
RGB	rgb(114, 24, 123)
HSL	hsl(295, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(295, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 80.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.54, 50.49, -35.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.54, 61.70, 324.91°)
OKLab	oklab(40.62% 0.1359 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(40.62% 0.168 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8409, 5.6614, 19.2568)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72187B #217B18

analogous

#41187B #72187B #7B1853

triadic

#72187B #7B7218 #187B72

tetradic

#72187B #7B4118 #217B18 #18537B

square

#72187B #7B4118 #217B18 #18537B

split-complementary

#72187B #537B18 #187B41

monochromatic

#18051A #430E48 #72187B #A122AE #C936D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#72187B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#72187B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72187B

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72187B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72187B	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B4779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#742B49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72187b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 24, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.168 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e61a2',
    500: '#72187b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72187b;
$custom-light: #9e61a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72187b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40624,
    "c": 0.16817,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72187B

secondary

#49B03F

accent

#EA3E4D

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF3

border

#CDC6CD

text

#0F050F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72187B

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

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