#72188E#72188E

#72188E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.184 H 316.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72188E
RGB	rgb(114, 24, 142)
HSL	hsl(286, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(286, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 83.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.87, 54.13, -45.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.87, 70.53, 320.13°)
OKLab	oklab(41.99% 0.1332 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(41.99% 0.184 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.1478, 6.1842, 26.1397)
Luminance	0.0618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72188E #348E18

analogous

#37188E #72188E #8E186F

triadic

#72188E #8E7218 #188E72

tetradic

#72188E #8E3718 #348E18 #186F8E

square

#72188E #8E3718 #348E18 #186F8E

split-complementary

#72188E #6F8E18 #188E37

monochromatic

#1E0625 #480F5A #72188E #9C21C2 #BA41DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#72188E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#72188E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72188E

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72188E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72188E	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16498C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#703554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72188e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 24, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.184 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f62b0',
    500: '#72188e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72188e;
$custom-light: #9f62b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72188e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.763,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41985,
    "c": 0.18443,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72188E

secondary

#60C042

accent

#EE3A65

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF5

border

#CEC6CF

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72188E

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

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