#C72BC9#C72BC9

#C72BC9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.248 H 327.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72BC9
RGB	rgb(199, 43, 201)
HSL	hsl(299, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(299, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 78.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.60, 75.47, -47.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.60, 89.43, 327.55°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% 0.2097 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.248 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9592, 18.0895, 56.8974)
Luminance	0.1809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72BC9 #2DC92B

analogous

#782BC9 #C72BC9 #C92B7C

triadic

#C72BC9 #C9C72B #2BC9C7

tetradic

#C72BC9 #C9782B #2DC92B #2B7CC9

square

#C72BC9 #C9782B #2DC92B #2B7CC9

split-complementary

#C72BC9 #7CC92B #2BC978

monochromatic

#631564 #952097 #C72BC9 #D956DB #E589E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#C72BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#C72BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C72BC9

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C72BC9	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD487B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 43, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.248 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc78da',
    500: '#c72bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72bc9;
$custom-light: #dc78da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.241,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59862,
    "c": 0.24849,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72BC9

secondary

#81CF80

accent

#E84042

background

#FEF7FD

surface

#FCEEFB

border

#D5C9D4

text

#160A15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72BC9

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

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