#72227D#72227D

#72227D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.159 H 322.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72227D
RGB	rgb(114, 34, 125)
HSL	hsl(293, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(293, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 72.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.92, 47.30, -34.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.92, 58.56, 323.87°)
OKLab	oklab(41.65% 0.1261 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(41.65% 0.159 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.2128, 6.2028, 20.0047)
Luminance	0.0620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72227D #2D7D22

analogous

#44227D #72227D #7D225A

triadic

#72227D #7D7222 #227D72

tetradic

#72227D #7D4422 #2D7D22 #225A7D

square

#72227D #7D4422 #2D7D22 #225A7D

split-complementary

#72227D #5A7D22 #227D44

monochromatic

#1A081D #46154D #72227D #9E2FAD #BE4BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#72227D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#72227D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72227D

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72227D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72227D	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#014180

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F4A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74324D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72227d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 34, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.159 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e65a3',
    500: '#72227d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72227d;
$custom-light: #9e65a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72227d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.747,
    "s": 57.233,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41646,
    "c": 0.15867,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72227D

secondary

#57B04B

accent

#E0475A

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF4

border

#CDC6CE

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72227D

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

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