#72208B#72208B

#72208B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.174 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72208B
RGB	rgb(114, 32, 139)
HSL	hsl(286, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(286, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 77%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.58, 50.86, -42.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.58, 66.09, 320.31°)
OKLab	oklab(42.42% 0.1269 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(42.42% 0.174 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.1154, 6.4750, 25.0327)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72208B #398B20

analogous

#3C208B #72208B #8B206E

triadic

#72208B #8B7220 #208B72

tetradic

#72208B #8B3C20 #398B20 #206E8B

square

#72208B #8B3C20 #398B20 #206E8B

split-complementary

#72208B #6E8B20 #208B3C

monochromatic

#200928 #491559 #72208B #9B2BBD #B74FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#72208B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#72208B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72208B

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72208B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72208B	1.00	9.15	2.30	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#214A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#713754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72208b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 32, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.174 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e65ad',
    500: '#72208b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72208b;
$custom-light: #9e65ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72208b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.981,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42415,
    "c": 0.17383,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72208B

secondary

#67BA4D

accent

#E64268

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72208B

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

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