#72187D#72187D

#72187D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.170 H 323.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72187D
RGB	rgb(114, 24, 125)
HSL	hsl(293, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(293, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 80.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.67, 50.86, -36.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.67, 62.61, 324.32°)
OKLab	oklab(40.76% 0.1357 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(40.76% 0.17 323)
XYZ	xyz(10.9674, 5.7120, 19.9229)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72187D #237D18

analogous

#40187D #72187D #7D1856

triadic

#72187D #7D7218 #187D72

tetradic

#72187D #7D4018 #237D18 #18567D

square

#72187D #7D4018 #237D18 #18567D

split-complementary

#72187D #567D18 #187D40

monochromatic

#17051A #430E4A #72187D #A122B0 #C737D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#72187D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#72187D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72187D

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72187D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72187D	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A477B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#742C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72187d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 24, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.170 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e61a3',
    500: '#72187d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72187d;
$custom-light: #9e61a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72187d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.465,
    "s": 67.785,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4076,
    "c": 0.16984,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.05711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72187D

secondary

#4CB23F

accent

#EB3D50

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF4

border

#CDC6CE

text

#0F050F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72187D

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

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