#72197A#72197A

#72197A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.166 H 324.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72197A
RGB	rgb(114, 25, 122)
HSL	hsl(295, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(295, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 79.5%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.59, 49.99, -34.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.59, 60.89, 325.19°)
OKLab	oklab(40.64% 0.1351 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(40.64% 0.166 324.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.7996, 5.6785, 18.9358)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72197A #217A19

analogous

#42197A #72197A #7A1952

triadic

#72197A #7A7219 #197A72

tetradic

#72197A #7A4219 #217A19 #19527A

square

#72197A #7A4219 #217A19 #19527A

split-complementary

#72197A #527A19 #197A42

monochromatic

#180519 #430F47 #72197A #A123AD #C937D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#72197A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#72197A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72197A

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72197A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72197A	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D4778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#742B49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72197a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 25, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.166 324.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e61a1',
    500: '#72197a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72197a;
$custom-light: #9e61a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72197a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.052,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40635,
    "c": 0.16633,
    "h": 324.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72197A

secondary

#49AF40

accent

#E93F4D

background

#FAF6F9

surface

#F3EBF2

border

#CDC6CC

text

#0F050F

muted

#7F7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #72197A

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

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