#72229A#72229A

#72229A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.186 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72229A
RGB	rgb(114, 34, 154)
HSL	hsl(280, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(280, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 77.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.93, 53.26, -49.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.93, 72.54, 317.24°)
OKLab	oklab(43.71% 0.1225 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(43.71% 0.186 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.3431, 7.0549, 31.2244)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72229A #4A9A22

analogous

#36229A #72229A #9A2286

triadic

#72229A #9A7222 #229A72

tetradic

#72229A #9A3622 #4A9A22 #22869A

square

#72229A #9A3622 #4A9A22 #22869A

split-complementary

#72229A #869A22 #229A36

monochromatic

#280C36 #4D1768 #72229A #972DCC #B05BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#72229A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#72229A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72229A

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72229A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72229A	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#064C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D3F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72229a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 34, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.186 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f67b9',
    500: '#72229a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72229a;
$custom-light: #9f67b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72229a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43714,
    "c": 0.18567,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72229A

secondary

#7BBF58

accent

#E74178

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0611

muted

#7F7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #72229A

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

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