#72199C#72199C

#72199C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.196 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72199C
RGB	rgb(114, 25, 156)
HSL	hsl(281, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(281, 84%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 84%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.05, 56.69, -51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.05, 76.86, 317.53°)
OKLab	oklab(43.15% 0.1292 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(43.15% 0.196 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.2867, 6.6733, 32.0342)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72199C #439C19

analogous

#30199C #72199C #9C1985

triadic

#72199C #9C7219 #199C72

tetradic

#72199C #9C3019 #439C19 #19859C

square

#72199C #9C3019 #439C19 #19859C

split-complementary

#72199C #859C19 #199C30

monochromatic

#250833 #4B1167 #72199C #9921D1 #B34DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#72199C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#72199C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72199C

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72199C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72199C	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C3C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72199c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 25, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.196 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a063ba',
    500: '#72199c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72199c;
$custom-light: #a063ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72199c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.763,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43147,
    "c": 0.1959,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72199C

secondary

#73C44C

accent

#EF3973

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72199C

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

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