#721B8A#721B8A

#721B8A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.178 H 317.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#721B8A
RGB	rgb(114, 27, 138)
HSL	hsl(287, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(287, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 80.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.90, 52.40, -42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.90, 67.58, 320.84°)
OKLab	oklab(41.91% 0.1315 -0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(41.91% 0.178 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9181, 6.1968, 24.6081)
Luminance	0.0620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#721B8A #338A1B

analogous

#3A1B8A #721B8A #8A1B6B

triadic

#721B8A #8A721B #1B8A72

tetradic

#721B8A #8A3A1B #338A1B #1B6B8A

square

#721B8A #8A3A1B #338A1B #1B6B8A

split-complementary

#721B8A #6B8A1B #1B8A3A

monochromatic

#1D0724 #481157 #721B8A #9C25BD #BA45DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#721B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#721B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #721B8A

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##721B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##721B8A	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)

#00418D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E4988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#713453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #721b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 27, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.178 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e63ad',
    500: '#721b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #721b8a;
$custom-light: #9e63ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#721b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.027,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41914,
    "c": 0.17814,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#721B8A

secondary

#5FBC45

accent

#EA3E63

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #721B8A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →