#72218F#72218F

#72218F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.176 H 315.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72218F
RGB	rgb(114, 33, 143)
HSL	hsl(284, 63%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(284, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 76.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.99, 51.31, -44.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.99, 67.60, 319.37°)
OKLab	oklab(42.8% 0.1254 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(42.8% 0.176 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.4404, 6.6488, 26.6093)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72218F #3E8F21

analogous

#3B218F #72218F #8F2175

triadic

#72218F #8F7221 #218F72

tetradic

#72218F #8F3B21 #3E8F21 #21758F

square

#72218F #8F3B21 #3E8F21 #21758F

split-complementary

#72218F #758F21 #218F3B

monochromatic

#230A2C #4A165D #72218F #9A2CC1 #B453D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#72218F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#72218F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72218F

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72218F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72218F	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004492

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D4B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#703957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72218f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 33, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.176 315.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72218f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.182,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42797,
    "c": 0.17642,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72218F

secondary

#6DBB51

accent

#E6426D

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF5

border

#CEC6CF

text

#0F0611

muted

#7F7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #72218F

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

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