#72198D#72198D

#72198D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.183 H 316.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72198D
RGB	rgb(114, 25, 141)
HSL	hsl(286, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(286, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 82.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.90, 53.63, -44.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.90, 69.72, 320.29°)
OKLab	oklab(41.98% 0.1326 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(41.98% 0.183 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0940, 6.1963, 25.7531)
Luminance	0.0620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72198D #348D19

analogous

#38198D #72198D #8D196E

triadic

#72198D #8D7219 #198D72

tetradic

#72198D #8D3819 #348D19 #196E8D

square

#72198D #8D3819 #348D19 #196E8D

split-complementary

#72198D #6E8D19 #198D38

monochromatic

#1E0725 #481059 #72198D #9C22C1 #BA43DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#72198D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#72198D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72198D

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72198D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72198D	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19498B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#703554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72198d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 25, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.183 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f62af',
    500: '#72198d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72198d;
$custom-light: #9f62af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72198d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.034,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41982,
    "c": 0.18266,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72198D

secondary

#60BF43

accent

#ED3B64

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF5

border

#CEC6CF

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72198D

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

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