#721B8B#721B8B

#721B8B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.179 H 317.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#721B8B
RGB	rgb(114, 27, 139)
HSL	hsl(287, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(287, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 80.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.98, 52.60, -43.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.98, 68.06, 320.61°)
OKLab	oklab(41.99% 0.1313 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(41.99% 0.179 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.9909, 6.2259, 24.9912)
Luminance	0.0622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#721B8B #348B1B

analogous

#3A1B8B #721B8B #8B1B6C

triadic

#721B8B #8B721B #1B8B72

tetradic

#721B8B #8B3A1B #348B1B #1B6C8B

square

#721B8B #8B3A1B #348B1B #1B6C8B

split-complementary

#721B8B #6C8B1B #1B8B3A

monochromatic

#1E0725 #481158 #721B8B #9C25BE #BA45DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#721B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#721B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #721B8B

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##721B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##721B8B	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)

#00418E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D4989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#713553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #721b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 27, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.179 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e63ad',
    500: '#721b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #721b8b;
$custom-light: #9e63ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#721b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.607,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41988,
    "c": 0.17903,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#721B8B

secondary

#60BC45

accent

#EA3D64

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

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