#72238E#72238E

#72238E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.173 H 315.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72238E
RGB	rgb(114, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(284, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(284, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.19, 50.33, -43.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.19, 66.25, 319.44°)
OKLab	oklab(42.92% 0.1236 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(42.92% 0.173 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.4222, 6.7329, 26.2312)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72238E #3F8E23

analogous

#3D238E #72238E #8E2375

triadic

#72238E #8E7223 #238E72

tetradic

#72238E #8E3D23 #3F8E23 #23758E

square

#72238E #8E3D23 #3F8E23 #23758E

split-complementary

#72238E #758E23 #238E3D

monochromatic

#230B2C #4B175D #72238E #992FBF #B456D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#72238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#72238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72238E

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72238E	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#204B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#703A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.173 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e66b0',
    500: '#72238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72238e;
$custom-light: #9e66b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.299,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42915,
    "c": 0.17323,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72238E

secondary

#6EB953

accent

#E4446E

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF5

border

#CDC6CF

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72238E

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

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