#72228D#72228D

#72228D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.173 H 316.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72228D
RGB	rgb(114, 34, 141)
HSL	hsl(285, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(285, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 75.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.98, 50.51, -42.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.98, 66.20, 319.73°)
OKLab	oklab(42.75% 0.1247 -0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(42.75% 0.173 316)
XYZ	xyz(12.3184, 6.6450, 25.8279)
Luminance	0.0664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72228D #3D8D22

analogous

#3D228D #72228D #8D2273

triadic

#72228D #8D7222 #228D72

tetradic

#72228D #8D3D22 #3D8D22 #22738D

square

#72228D #8D3D22 #3D8D22 #22738D

split-complementary

#72228D #738D22 #228D3D

monochromatic

#220A2A #4A165C #72228D #9A2EBE #B554D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#72228D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#72228D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72228D

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72228D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72228D	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#214B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#703956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72228d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 34, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.173 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e66af',
    500: '#72228d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72228d;
$custom-light: #9e66af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72228d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.86,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42746,
    "c": 0.17344,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.06645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72228D

secondary

#6CB951

accent

#E4446C

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF4

border

#CDC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72228D

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

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