#72228B#72228B

#72228B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.172 H 316.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72228B
RGB	rgb(114, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(286, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(286, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.85, 50.10, -41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.85, 65.24, 320.17°)
OKLab	oklab(42.6% 0.1249 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(42.6% 0.172 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.1710, 6.5860, 25.0512)
Luminance	0.0659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72228B #3B8B22

analogous

#3E228B #72228B #8B2270

triadic

#72228B #8B7222 #228B72

tetradic

#72228B #8B3E22 #3B8B22 #22708B

square

#72228B #8B3E22 #3B8B22 #22708B

split-complementary

#72228B #708B22 #228B3E

monochromatic

#210A29 #4A165A #72228B #9A2EBC #B653D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#72228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#72228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72228B

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72228B	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#234B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#713855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.172 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e66ad',
    500: '#72228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72228b;
$custom-light: #9e66ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42603,
    "c": 0.17157,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72228B

secondary

#69B850

accent

#E4446A

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF4

border

#CDC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72228B

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

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