#C72AC9#C72AC9

#C72AC9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.249 H 327.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72AC9
RGB	rgb(199, 42, 201)
HSL	hsl(299, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(299, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 79.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.52, 75.72, -48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.52, 89.71, 327.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.8% 0.2104 -0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(59.8% 0.249 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9233, 18.0177, 56.8854)
Luminance	0.1802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72AC9 #2CC92A

analogous

#772AC9 #C72AC9 #C92A7C

triadic

#C72AC9 #C9C72A #2AC9C7

tetradic

#C72AC9 #C9772A #2CC92A #2A7CC9

square

#C72AC9 #C9772A #2CC92A #2A7CC9

split-complementary

#C72AC9 #7CC92A #2AC977

monochromatic

#631564 #951F96 #C72AC9 #DA55DB #E587E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#C72AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#C72AC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C72AC9

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C72AC9	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD477A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 42, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.249 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc77da',
    500: '#c72ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72ac9;
$custom-light: #dc77da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.245,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59801,
    "c": 0.2493,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72AC9

secondary

#80D07F

accent

#E83F42

background

#FEF7FD

surface

#FCEEFB

border

#D5C9D4

text

#160A15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72AC9

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

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