#72248D#72248D

#72248D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.171 H 315.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72248D
RGB	rgb(114, 36, 141)
HSL	hsl(285, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(285, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 74.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.26, 49.73, -42.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.26, 65.32, 319.58°)
OKLab	oklab(42.94% 0.1227 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(42.94% 0.171 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.3773, 6.7627, 25.8475)
Luminance	0.0676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72248D #3F8D24

analogous

#3D248D #72248D #8D2474

triadic

#72248D #8D7224 #248D72

tetradic

#72248D #8D3D24 #3F8D24 #24748D

square

#72248D #8D3D24 #3F8D24 #24748D

split-complementary

#72248D #748D24 #248D3D

monochromatic

#230B2B #4B185C #72248D #9930BE #B457D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#72248D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#72248D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72248D

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72248D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72248D	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#224C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#703A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72248d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 36, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.171 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e67af',
    500: '#72248d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72248d;
$custom-light: #9e67af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72248d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.571,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42942,
    "c": 0.1711,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72248D

secondary

#6EB854

accent

#E3456E

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF4

border

#CDC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72248D

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

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