#721F9E#721F9E

#721F9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.192 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#721F9E
RGB	rgb(114, 31, 158)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(279, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 80.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.87, 55.20, -51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.87, 75.69, 316.82°)
OKLab	oklab(43.77% 0.1242 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(43.77% 0.192 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.5998, 7.0263, 32.9809)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#721F9E #4B9E1F

analogous

#331F9E #721F9E #9E1F8A

triadic

#721F9E #9E721F #1F9E72

tetradic

#721F9E #9E331F #4B9E1F #1F8A9E

square

#721F9E #9E331F #4B9E1F #1F8A9E

split-complementary

#721F9E #8A9E1F #1F9E33

monochromatic

#280B38 #4D156B #721F9E #9729D1 #B059DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#721F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#721F9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #721F9E

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##721F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##721F9E	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C3F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #721f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 31, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.192 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f65bb',
    500: '#721f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #721f9e;
$custom-light: #9f65bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#721f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.213,
    "s": 67.196,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43765,
    "c": 0.19241,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#721F9E

secondary

#7CC256

accent

#EA3E79

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #721F9E

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

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