#72237D#72237D

#72237D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.157 H 322.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72237D
RGB	rgb(114, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(293, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(293, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.06, 46.90, -34.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.06, 58.10, 323.82°)
OKLab	oklab(41.75% 0.125 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(41.75% 0.157 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.2418, 6.2608, 20.0144)
Luminance	0.0626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72237D #2E7D23

analogous

#45237D #72237D #7D235B

triadic

#72237D #7D7223 #237D72

tetradic

#72237D #7D4523 #2E7D23 #235B7D

square

#72237D #7D4523 #2E7D23 #235B7D

split-complementary

#72237D #5B7D23 #237D45

monochromatic

#1B081D #46164D #72237D #9E30AD #BE4DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#72237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#72237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72237D

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72237D	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#044180

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#304A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74334D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.157 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e66a3',
    500: '#72237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72237d;
$custom-light: #9e66a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.667,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41748,
    "c": 0.1574,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72237D

secondary

#58AF4C

accent

#E0485B

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF4

border

#CDC6CE

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72237D

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

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