#72218B#72218B

#72218B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.173 H 316.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72218B
RGB	rgb(114, 33, 139)
HSL	hsl(286, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(286, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 76.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.71, 50.48, -42.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.71, 65.67, 320.24°)
OKLab	oklab(42.51% 0.1259 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(42.51% 0.173 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.1428, 6.5297, 25.0418)
Luminance	0.0653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72218B #3A8B21

analogous

#3D218B #72218B #8B216F

triadic

#72218B #8B7221 #218B72

tetradic

#72218B #8B3D21 #3A8B21 #216F8B

square

#72218B #8B3D21 #3A8B21 #216F8B

split-complementary

#72218B #6F8B21 #218B3D

monochromatic

#210A28 #49155A #72218B #9B2DBC #B651D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#72218B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#72218B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72218B

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72218B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72218B	1.00	9.11	2.31	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#224B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#713855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72218b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 33, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.173 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e65ad',
    500: '#72218b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72218b;
$custom-light: #9e65ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72218b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.849,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42508,
    "c": 0.17271,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72218B

secondary

#68B94F

accent

#E54369

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF4

border

#CDC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72218B

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

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