#72248C#72248C

#72248C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.170 H 316.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72248C
RGB	rgb(114, 36, 140)
HSL	hsl(285, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(285, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 74.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.19, 49.52, -41.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.19, 64.83, 319.80°)
OKLab	oklab(42.87% 0.1228 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(42.87% 0.17 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.3032, 6.7331, 25.4574)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72248C #3E8C24

analogous

#3E248C #72248C #8C2472

triadic

#72248C #8C7224 #248C72

tetradic

#72248C #8C3E24 #3E8C24 #24728C

square

#72248C #8C3E24 #3E8C24 #24728C

split-complementary

#72248C #728C24 #248C3E

monochromatic

#230B2B #4A175B #72248C #9A31BD #B457D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#72248C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#72248C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72248C

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72248C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72248C	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)

#00458F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#234C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#703A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72248c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 36, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.170 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e67ae',
    500: '#72248c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72248c;
$custom-light: #9e67ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72248c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42871,
    "c": 0.17015,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72248C

secondary

#6DB854

accent

#E2466D

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF4

border

#CDC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72248C

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

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