#721D8A#721D8A

#721D8A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.176 H 317.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#721D8A
RGB	rgb(114, 29, 138)
HSL	hsl(287, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(287, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 79%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.14, 51.73, -42.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.14, 66.83, 320.72°)
OKLab	oklab(42.08% 0.1298 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(42.08% 0.176 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9656, 6.2916, 24.6240)
Luminance	0.0629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#721D8A #358A1D

analogous

#3C1D8A #721D8A #8A1D6B

triadic

#721D8A #8A721D #1D8A72

tetradic

#721D8A #8A3C1D #358A1D #1D6B8A

square

#721D8A #8A3C1D #358A1D #1D6B8A

split-complementary

#721D8A #6B8A1D #1D8A3C

monochromatic

#1E0825 #481257 #721D8A #9C28BD #B949D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.30

#721D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#721D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #721D8A

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##721D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##721D8A	1.00	9.30	2.26	9.30
#FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#204988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#713553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #721d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 29, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.176 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e64ad',
    500: '#721d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #721d8a;
$custom-light: #9e64ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#721d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.789,
    "s": 65.269,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42079,
    "c": 0.17613,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#721D8A

secondary

#61BB48

accent

#E84065

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #721D8A

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