#72197E#72197E

#72197E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.170 H 322.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72197E
RGB	rgb(114, 25, 126)
HSL	hsl(293, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(293, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 80.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.85, 50.73, -36.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.85, 62.71, 323.99°)
OKLab	oklab(40.91% 0.1348 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(40.91% 0.17 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.0526, 5.7797, 20.2680)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72197E #257E19

analogous

#3F197E #72197E #7E1958

triadic

#72197E #7E7219 #197E72

tetradic

#72197E #7E3F19 #257E19 #19587E

square

#72197E #7E3F19 #257E19 #19587E

split-complementary

#72197E #587E19 #197E3F

monochromatic

#17051A #440F4B #72197E #A023B1 #C53AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#72197E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#72197E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72197E

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72197E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72197E	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29477C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#742D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72197e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 25, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.170 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e61a4',
    500: '#72197e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72197e;
$custom-light: #9e61a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72197e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.871,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40906,
    "c": 0.16971,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72197E

secondary

#4EB241

accent

#EA3E52

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF4

border

#CDC6CE

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72197E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →