#72187E#72187E

#72187E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.171 H 322.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72187E
RGB	rgb(114, 24, 126)
HSL	hsl(293, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(293, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 81%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.74, 51.05, -37.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.74, 63.07, 324.03°)
OKLab	oklab(40.83% 0.1356 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(40.83% 0.171 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.0316, 5.7377, 20.2610)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72187E #247E18

analogous

#3F187E #72187E #7E1857

triadic

#72187E #7E7218 #187E72

tetradic

#72187E #7E3F18 #247E18 #18577E

square

#72187E #7E3F18 #247E18 #18577E

split-complementary

#72187E #577E18 #187E3F

monochromatic

#17051A #430E4B #72187E #A122B1 #C637D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#72187E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#72187E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72187E

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72187E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72187E	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29477C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#742D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72187e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 24, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.171 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e61a4',
    500: '#72187e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72187e;
$custom-light: #9e61a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72187e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.941,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40829,
    "c": 0.17069,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72187E

secondary

#4DB23F

accent

#EB3D51

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF4

border

#CDC6CE

text

#0F050F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72187E

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

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