#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
RGBrgb(114, 24, 158)
HSLhsl(280, 74%, 36%)
HSVhsv(280, 85%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(27.8%, 84.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LABlab(31.11, 57.39, -53.01)
CIE-LCHlch(31.11, 78.13, 317.27°)
OKLaboklab(43.24% 0.1294 -0.1505)
OKLCHoklch(43.24% 0.198 310.7)
XYZxyz(13.4364, 6.6996, 32.9265)
Luminance0.0670 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

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
##72189E1.008.982.348.98
#FFFFFF8.981.0021.001.00
#0000002.3421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.981.0021.001.00

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

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#72189E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva