#72217E#72217E

#72217E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.161 H 322.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72217E
RGB	rgb(114, 33, 126)
HSL	hsl(292, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(292, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 73.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.84, 47.89, -35.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.84, 59.48, 323.62°)
OKLab	oklab(41.61% 0.1271 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(41.61% 0.161 322.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.2488, 6.1721, 20.3335)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72217E #2D7E21

analogous

#43217E #72217E #7E215B

triadic

#72217E #7E7221 #217E72

tetradic

#72217E #7E4321 #2D7E21 #215B7E

square

#72217E #7E4321 #2D7E21 #215B7E

split-complementary

#72217E #5B7E21 #217E43

monochromatic

#1A081D #46144E #72217E #9E2EAE #BE4AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#72217E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#72217E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72217E

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72217E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72217E	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E497C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73324D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72217e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 33, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.161 322.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e65a4',
    500: '#72217e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72217e;
$custom-light: #9e65a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72217e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.258,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41612,
    "c": 0.16082,
    "h": 322.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72217E

secondary

#57B14A

accent

#E2465A

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF4

border

#CDC6CE

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72217E

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

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