#72217F#72217F

#72217F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.162 H 321.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72217F
RGB	rgb(114, 33, 127)
HSL	hsl(292, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(292, 74%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 74%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.91, 48.08, -35.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.91, 59.95, 323.33°)
OKLab	oklab(41.68% 0.127 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(41.68% 0.162 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3136, 6.1980, 20.6750)
Luminance	0.0620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72217F #2E7F21

analogous

#43217F #72217F #7F215D

triadic

#72217F #7F7221 #217F72

tetradic

#72217F #7F4321 #2E7F21 #215D7F

square

#72217F #7F4321 #2E7F21 #215D7F

split-complementary

#72217F #5D7F21 #217F43

monochromatic

#1B081E #46144E #72217F #9E2EB0 #BE4AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#72217F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#72217F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72217F

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72217F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72217F	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004182

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D497D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73324E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72217f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 33, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.162 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e65a5',
    500: '#72217f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72217f;
$custom-light: #9e65a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72217f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.702,
    "s": 58.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41678,
    "c": 0.16172,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72217F

secondary

#58B24A

accent

#E2465B

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF4

border

#CDC6CE

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72217F

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

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