#72199E#72199E

#72199E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.198 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72199E
RGB	rgb(114, 25, 158)
HSL	hsl(280, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(280, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 84.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.21, 57.11, -52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.21, 77.81, 317.21°)
OKLab	oklab(43.31% 0.1287 -0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(43.31% 0.198 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.4574, 6.7416, 32.9335)
Luminance	0.0674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72199E #459E19

analogous

#2F199E #72199E #9E1987

triadic

#72199E #9E7219 #199E72

tetradic

#72199E #9E2F19 #459E19 #19879E

square

#72199E #9E2F19 #459E19 #19879E

split-complementary

#72199E #879E19 #199E2F

monochromatic

#260834 #4C1169 #72199E #9821D3 #B24EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#72199E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#72199E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72199E

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72199E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72199E	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C3D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72199e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 25, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.198 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a063bc',
    500: '#72199e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72199e;
$custom-light: #a063bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72199e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.15,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43308,
    "c": 0.19768,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72199E

secondary

#75C54E

accent

#EF3875

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72199E

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

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