#A72FA9#A72FA9

#A72FA9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.206 H 327.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72FA9
RGB	rgb(167, 47, 169)
HSL	hsl(299, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(299, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 72.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.94, 62.50, -40.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.94, 74.29, 327.27°)
OKLab	oklab(53.52% 0.1734 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(53.52% 0.206 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1139, 13.1148, 38.7897)
Luminance	0.1311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72FA9 #31A92F

analogous

#6A2FA9 #A72FA9 #A92F6E

triadic

#A72FA9 #A9A72F #2FA9A7

tetradic

#A72FA9 #A96A2F #31A92F #2F6EA9

square

#A72FA9 #A96A2F #31A92F #2F6EA9

split-complementary

#A72FA9 #6EA92F #2FA96A

monochromatic

#481449 #782279 #A72FA9 #CA49CC #D879DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#A72FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#A72FA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72FA9

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72FA9	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#155CAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E6BA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC4269

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 47, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.206 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c574c3',
    500: '#a72fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72fa9;
$custom-light: #c574c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.016,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53515,
    "c": 0.20609,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72FA9

secondary

#73C272

accent

#E0484B

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72FA9

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

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