#72189E#72189E

#72189E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.198 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72189E
RGB	rgb(114, 24, 158)
HSL	hsl(280, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(280, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 84.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.11, 57.39, -53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.11, 78.13, 317.27°)
OKLab	oklab(43.24% 0.1294 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(43.24% 0.198 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.4364, 6.6996, 32.9265)
Luminance	0.0670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72189E #449E18

analogous

#2F189E #72189E #9E1887

triadic

#72189E #9E7218 #189E72

tetradic

#72189E #9E2F18 #449E18 #18879E

square

#72189E #9E2F18 #449E18 #18879E

split-complementary

#72189E #879E18 #189E2F

monochromatic

#250834 #4C1069 #72189E #9820D3 #B24DE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#72189E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#72189E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72189E

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72189E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72189E	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C3C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72189e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 24, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.198 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a063bc',
    500: '#72189e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72189e;
$custom-light: #a063bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72189e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.299,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4324,
    "c": 0.19848,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72189E

secondary

#74C64C

accent

#F03874

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72189E

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

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