#72198C#72198C

#72198C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.182 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72198C
RGB	rgb(114, 25, 140)
HSL	hsl(286, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(286, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 82.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.83, 53.43, -44.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.83, 69.25, 320.50°)
OKLab	oklab(41.91% 0.1328 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(41.91% 0.182 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.0200, 6.1666, 25.3630)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72198C #338C19

analogous

#39198C #72198C #8C196C

triadic

#72198C #8C7219 #198C72

tetradic

#72198C #8C3919 #338C19 #196C8C

square

#72198C #8C3919 #338C19 #196C8C

split-complementary

#72198C #6C8C19 #198C39

monochromatic

#1D0624 #481058 #72198C #9C22C0 #BA42DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#72198C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#72198C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72198C

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72198C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72198C	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A498A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#713453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72198c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 25, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.182 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f62ae',
    500: '#72198c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72198c;
$custom-light: #9f62ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72198c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.435,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41908,
    "c": 0.18179,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72198C

secondary

#5FBE43

accent

#ED3B63

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72198C

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

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