#72247C#72247C

#72247C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.155 H 323.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72247C
RGB	rgb(114, 36, 124)
HSL	hsl(293, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(293, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 71%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.14, 46.29, -33.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.14, 57.16, 324.07°)
OKLab	oklab(41.79% 0.1239 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(41.79% 0.155 323)
XYZ	xyz(11.2080, 6.2950, 19.6896)
Luminance	0.0629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72247C #2E7C24

analogous

#46247C #72247C #7C245A

triadic

#72247C #7C7224 #247C72

tetradic

#72247C #7C4624 #2E7C24 #245A7C

square

#72247C #7C4624 #2E7C24 #245A7C

split-complementary

#72247C #5A7C24 #247C46

monochromatic

#1B081D #46164D #72247C #9E32AB #BE4FCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.30

#72247C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#72247C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72247C

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72247C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72247C	1.00	9.30	2.26	9.30
#FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A417F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#314A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74334D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72247c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 36, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.155 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d66a2',
    500: '#72247c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72247c;
$custom-light: #9d66a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72247c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.182,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41788,
    "c": 0.15518,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.06294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72247C

secondary

#58AE4D

accent

#DE495A

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF3

border

#CDC6CD

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72247C

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

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