#72227C#72227C

#72227C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.158 H 323.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72227C
RGB	rgb(114, 34, 124)
HSL	hsl(293, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(293, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 72.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.86, 47.11, -34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.86, 58.09, 324.18°)
OKLab	oklab(41.58% 0.1261 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(41.58% 0.158 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.1492, 6.1773, 19.6700)
Luminance	0.0618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72227C #2C7C22

analogous

#45227C #72227C #7C2259

triadic

#72227C #7C7222 #227C72

tetradic

#72227C #7C4522 #2C7C22 #22597C

square

#72227C #7C4522 #2C7C22 #22597C

split-complementary

#72227C #597C22 #227C45

monochromatic

#1A081C #46154C #72227C #9E2FAC #BF4BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#72227C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#72227C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72227C

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72227C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72227C	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#04407F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#30497A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74324C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72227c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 34, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.158 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e65a2',
    500: '#72227c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72227c;
$custom-light: #9e65a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72227c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41581,
    "c": 0.15777,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72227C

secondary

#56AF4B

accent

#E04859

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF3

border

#CDC6CD

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72227C

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

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