#72248E#72248E

#72248E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.172 H 315.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72248E
RGB	rgb(114, 36, 142)
HSL	hsl(284, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(284, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 74.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.33, 49.93, -42.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.33, 65.81, 319.36°)
OKLab	oklab(43.01% 0.1226 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(43.01% 0.172 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.4520, 6.7926, 26.2411)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72248E #408E24

analogous

#3D248E #72248E #8E2475

triadic

#72248E #8E7224 #248E72

tetradic

#72248E #8E3D24 #408E24 #24758E

square

#72248E #8E3D24 #408E24 #24758E

split-complementary

#72248E #758E24 #248E3D

monochromatic

#240B2C #4B185D #72248E #9930BF #B458D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#72248E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#72248E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72248E

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72248E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72248E	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#214C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#703B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72248e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 36, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.172 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e67b0',
    500: '#72248e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72248e;
$custom-light: #9e67b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72248e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.151,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43013,
    "c": 0.17205,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72248E

secondary

#6FB955

accent

#E3456F

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF5

border

#CDC6CF

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72248E

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

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