#72218C#72218C

#72218C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.174 H 316.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72218C
RGB	rgb(114, 33, 140)
HSL	hsl(285, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(285, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 76.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.78, 50.69, -42.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.78, 66.15, 320.02°)
OKLab	oklab(42.58% 0.1258 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(42.58% 0.174 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.2162, 6.5591, 25.4284)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72218C #3B8C21

analogous

#3D218C #72218C #8C2171

triadic

#72218C #8C7221 #218C72

tetradic

#72218C #8C3D21 #3B8C21 #21718C

square

#72218C #8C3D21 #3B8C21 #21718C

split-complementary

#72218C #718C21 #218C3D

monochromatic

#210A29 #4A155A #72218C #9A2DBE #B651D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#72218C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#72218C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72218C

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72218C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72218C	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#214B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#703855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72218c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 33, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.174 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e65ae',
    500: '#72218c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72218c;
$custom-light: #9e65ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72218c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.421,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4258,
    "c": 0.17364,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72218C

secondary

#69B94F

accent

#E5436A

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72218C

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

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