#721E9E#721E9E

#721E9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.193 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#721E9E
RGB	rgb(114, 30, 158)
HSL	hsl(279, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(279, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 81%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.75, 55.53, -51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.75, 76.06, 316.89°)
OKLab	oklab(43.68% 0.125 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(43.68% 0.193 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.5740, 6.9749, 32.9723)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#721E9E #4A9E1E

analogous

#321E9E #721E9E #9E1E8A

triadic

#721E9E #9E721E #1E9E72

tetradic

#721E9E #9E321E #4A9E1E #1E8A9E

square

#721E9E #9E321E #4A9E1E #1E8A9E

split-complementary

#721E9E #8A9E1E #1E9E32

monochromatic

#280A37 #4D146B #721E9E #9728D1 #B057DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#721E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#721E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #721E9E

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##721E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##721E9E	1.00	8.77	2.40	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C3F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #721e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 30, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.193 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f65bb',
    500: '#721e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #721e9e;
$custom-light: #9f65bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#721e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.375,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43684,
    "c": 0.19336,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#721E9E

secondary

#7BC355

accent

#EB3D79

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #721E9E

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