#72247E#72247E

#72247E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.157 H 322.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72247E
RGB	rgb(114, 36, 126)
HSL	hsl(292, 56%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(292, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 71.4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.27, 46.68, -34.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.27, 58.10, 323.46°)
OKLab	oklab(41.92% 0.1238 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(41.92% 0.157 322)
XYZ	xyz(11.3358, 6.3461, 20.3625)
Luminance	0.0635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72247E #307E24

analogous

#45247E #72247E #7E245D

triadic

#72247E #7E7224 #247E72

tetradic

#72247E #7E4524 #307E24 #245D7E

square

#72247E #7E4524 #307E24 #245D7E

split-complementary

#72247E #5D7E24 #247E45

monochromatic

#1C091F #47164E #72247E #9D32AE #BC50CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#72247E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#72247E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72247E

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72247E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72247E	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#054281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#304A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73344E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72247e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 36, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.157 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e66a4',
    500: '#72247e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72247e;
$custom-light: #9e66a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72247e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41918,
    "c": 0.15703,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.06346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72247E

secondary

#5BB04E

accent

#DF495D

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF4

border

#CDC6CE

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72247E

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

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