#72218E#72218E

#72218E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.175 H 315.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72218E
RGB	rgb(114, 33, 142)
HSL	hsl(285, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(285, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 76.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.92, 51.10, -43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.92, 67.12, 319.58°)
OKLab	oklab(42.72% 0.1255 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(42.72% 0.175 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.3650, 6.6186, 26.2121)
Luminance	0.0662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72218E #3D8E21

analogous

#3C218E #72218E #8E2174

triadic

#72218E #8E7221 #218E72

tetradic

#72218E #8E3C21 #3D8E21 #21748E

square

#72218E #8E3C21 #3D8E21 #21748E

split-complementary

#72218E #748E21 #218E3C

monochromatic

#220A2B #4A155C #72218E #9A2DC0 #B552D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#72218E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#72218E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72218E

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72218E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72218E	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E4B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#703956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72218e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 33, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.175 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e66b0',
    500: '#72218e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72218e;
$custom-light: #9e66b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72218e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.587,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42724,
    "c": 0.17549,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72218E

secondary

#6CBA50

accent

#E5426C

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF5

border

#CEC6CF

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72218E

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