#721B99#721B99

#721B99 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.192 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#721B99
RGB	rgb(114, 27, 153)
HSL	hsl(281, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(281, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 82.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.02, 55.45, -50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.02, 74.74, 317.90°)
OKLab	oklab(43.05% 0.1285 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(43.05% 0.192 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.0801, 6.6616, 30.7276)
Luminance	0.0666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#721B99 #42991B

analogous

#331B99 #721B99 #991B81

triadic

#721B99 #99721B #1B9972

tetradic

#721B99 #99331B #42991B #1B8199

square

#721B99 #99331B #42991B #1B8199

split-complementary

#721B99 #81991B #1B9933

monochromatic

#240931 #4B1265 #721B99 #9924CD #B34FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#721B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#721B99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #721B99

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##721B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##721B99	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)

#00459C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D3B5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #721b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 27, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.192 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f64b8',
    500: '#721b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #721b99;
$custom-light: #9f64b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#721b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.429,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43054,
    "c": 0.19152,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#721B99

secondary

#72C24E

accent

#ED3B72

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0611

muted

#7F7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #721B99

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

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