#A72BA9#A72BA9

#A72BA9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.210 H 327.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72BA9
RGB	rgb(167, 43, 169)
HSL	hsl(299, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(299, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 74.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.47, 63.81, -40.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.47, 75.80, 327.34°)
OKLab	oklab(53.19% 0.1771 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(53.19% 0.21 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.9613, 12.8095, 38.7389)
Luminance	0.1281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72BA9 #2DA92B

analogous

#682BA9 #A72BA9 #A92B6C

triadic

#A72BA9 #A9A72B #2BA9A7

tetradic

#A72BA9 #A9682B #2DA92B #2B6CA9

square

#A72BA9 #A9682B #2DA92B #2B6CA9

split-complementary

#A72BA9 #6CA92B #2BA968

monochromatic

#471247 #771F78 #A72BA9 #CD42CF #DA73DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#A72BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#A72BA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72BA9

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72BA9	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A5AAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C6AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC4068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 43, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.210 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c572c3',
    500: '#a72ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72ba9;
$custom-light: #c572c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.048,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53186,
    "c": 0.21035,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72BA9

secondary

#6EC36D

accent

#E34548

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72BA9

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

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