#72198E#72198E

#72198E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.184 H 316.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72198E
RGB	rgb(114, 25, 142)
HSL	hsl(286, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(286, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 82.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.98, 53.83, -45.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.98, 70.19, 320.08°)
OKLab	oklab(42.06% 0.1324 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(42.06% 0.184 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.1688, 6.2262, 26.1467)
Luminance	0.0623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72198E #358E19

analogous

#37198E #72198E #8E196F

triadic

#72198E #8E7219 #198E72

tetradic

#72198E #8E3719 #358E19 #196F8E

square

#72198E #8E3719 #358E19 #196F8E

split-complementary

#72198E #6F8E19 #198E37

monochromatic

#1E0726 #48105A #72198E #9C22C2 #B943DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#72198E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#72198E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72198E

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72198E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72198E	1.00	9.35	2.25	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17498C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#703554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72198e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 25, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.184 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f62b0',
    500: '#72198e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72198e;
$custom-light: #9f62b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72198e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.641,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42057,
    "c": 0.18354,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72198E

secondary

#61BF44

accent

#ED3B66

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF5

border

#CEC6CF

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72198E

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

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