#72227E#72227E

#72227E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.160 H 322.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72227E
RGB	rgb(114, 34, 126)
HSL	hsl(292, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(292, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 73%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.98, 47.49, -35.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.98, 59.03, 323.57°)
OKLab	oklab(41.71% 0.126 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(41.71% 0.16 322.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.2770, 6.2284, 20.3428)
Luminance	0.0623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72227E #2E7E22

analogous

#44227E #72227E #7E225C

triadic

#72227E #7E7222 #227E72

tetradic

#72227E #7E4422 #2E7E22 #225C7E

square

#72227E #7E4422 #2E7E22 #225C7E

split-complementary

#72227E #5C7E22 #227E44

monochromatic

#1B081E #46154E #72227E #9E2FAE #BE4CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#72227E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#72227E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72227E

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72227E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72227E	1.00	9.35	2.25	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F4A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73324E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72227e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 34, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.160 322.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e65a4',
    500: '#72227e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72227e;
$custom-light: #9e65a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72227e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.174,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41711,
    "c": 0.15958,
    "h": 322.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72227E

secondary

#58B14B

accent

#E1475B

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF4

border

#CDC6CE

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72227E

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

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