#721D8B#721D8B

#721D8B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.177 H 317.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#721D8B
RGB	rgb(114, 29, 139)
HSL	hsl(286, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(286, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 79.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.21, 51.93, -42.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.21, 67.30, 320.50°)
OKLab	oklab(42.15% 0.1296 -0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(42.15% 0.177 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0383, 6.3207, 25.0070)
Luminance	0.0632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#721D8B #368B1D

analogous

#3B1D8B #721D8B #8B1D6D

triadic

#721D8B #8B721D #1D8B72

tetradic

#721D8B #8B3B1D #368B1D #1D6D8B

square

#721D8B #8B3B1D #368B1D #1D6D8B

split-complementary

#721D8B #6D8B1D #1D8B3B

monochromatic

#1F0826 #481258 #721D8B #9C28BE #B849D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.28

#721D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#721D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #721D8B

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##721D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##721D8B	1.00	9.28	2.26	9.28
#FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F4A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#713654

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #721d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 29, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.177 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e64ad',
    500: '#721d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #721d8b;
$custom-light: #9e64ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#721d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.364,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42152,
    "c": 0.17703,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#721D8B

secondary

#63BB49

accent

#E83F66

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #721D8B

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