#72187C#72187C

#72187C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.169 H 323.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72187C
RGB	rgb(114, 24, 124)
HSL	hsl(294, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(294, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 80.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.61, 50.68, -35.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.61, 62.16, 324.61°)
OKLab	oklab(40.69% 0.1358 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(40.69% 0.169 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.9038, 5.6866, 19.5882)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72187C #227C18

analogous

#40187C #72187C #7C1854

triadic

#72187C #7C7218 #187C72

tetradic

#72187C #7C4018 #227C18 #18547C

square

#72187C #7C4018 #227C18 #18547C

split-complementary

#72187C #547C18 #187C40

monochromatic

#18051A #430E49 #72187C #A122AF #C836D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#72187C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#72187C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72187C

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72187C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72187C	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B477A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#742C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72187c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 24, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.169 323.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72187c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40692,
    "c": 0.16901,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72187C

secondary

#4BB13F

accent

#EA3D4F

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF4

border

#CDC6CE

text

#0F050F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72187C

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

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