#72247F#72247F

#72247F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.158 H 321.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72247F
RGB	rgb(114, 36, 127)
HSL	hsl(291, 56%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(291, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 71.7%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.33, 46.88, -35.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.33, 58.58, 323.16°)
OKLab	oklab(41.98% 0.1238 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(41.98% 0.158 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4007, 6.3721, 20.7040)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72247F #317F24

analogous

#45247F #72247F #7F245E

triadic

#72247F #7F7224 #247F72

tetradic

#72247F #7F4524 #317F24 #245E7F

square

#72247F #7F4524 #317F24 #245E7F

split-complementary

#72247F #5E7F24 #247F45

monochromatic

#1C0920 #47164F #72247F #9D32AF #BB50CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#72247F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#72247F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72247F

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72247F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72247F	1.00	9.23	2.27	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#024282

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F4A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73344F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72247f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 36, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.158 321.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72247f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 55.828,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41983,
    "c": 0.15795,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72247F

secondary

#5CB14E

accent

#DF495E

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF4

border

#CDC6CE

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72247F

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

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