#72218D#72218D

#72218D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.175 H 316.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72218D
RGB	rgb(114, 33, 141)
HSL	hsl(285, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(285, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 76.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.85, 50.89, -43.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.85, 66.63, 319.80°)
OKLab	oklab(42.65% 0.1256 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(42.65% 0.175 316)
XYZ	xyz(12.2903, 6.5887, 25.8185)
Luminance	0.0659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72218D #3C8D21

analogous

#3C218D #72218D #8D2172

triadic

#72218D #8D7221 #218D72

tetradic

#72218D #8D3C21 #3C8D21 #21728D

square

#72218D #8D3C21 #3C8D21 #21728D

split-complementary

#72218D #728D21 #218D3C

monochromatic

#220A2A #4A155B #72218D #9A2DBF #B552D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#72218D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#72218D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72218D

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72218D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72218D	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#204B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#703956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72218d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 33, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.175 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e65af',
    500: '#72218d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72218d;
$custom-light: #9e65af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72218d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42652,
    "c": 0.17456,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.06588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72218D

secondary

#6ABA50

accent

#E5436B

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72218D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →