#72236D#72236D

#72236D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.143 H 330.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72236D
RGB	rgb(114, 35, 109)
HSL	hsl(304, 53%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(304, 69%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.3%, 4.4%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.12, 43.91, -25.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.12, 50.84, 329.72°)
OKLab	oklab(40.77% 0.1246 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(40.77% 0.143 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.3007, 5.8844, 15.0583)
Luminance	0.0588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72236D #237228

analogous

#502372 #72236D #722346

triadic

#72236D #6D7223 #236D72

tetradic

#72236D #725023 #237228 #234672

square

#72236D #725023 #237228 #234672

split-complementary

#72236D #467223 #237250

monochromatic

#170716 #431540 #72236D #A1319A #C748BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.65

#72236D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#72236D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72236D

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72236D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72236D	1.00	9.65	2.18	9.65
#FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D3E6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39486B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#762C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72236d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 35, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.143 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d6597',
    500: '#72236d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72236d;
$custom-light: #9d6597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72236d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.797,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40765,
    "c": 0.1432,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72236D

secondary

#4CA551

accent

#DC554B

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F2EBF2

border

#CCC6CC

text

#0F060D

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #72236D

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

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