#72256B#72256B

#72256B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.139 H 331.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72256B
RGB	rgb(114, 37, 107)
HSL	hsl(305, 51%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(305, 68%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 6.1%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.32, 42.69, -24.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.32, 48.99, 330.62°)
OKLab	oklab(40.88% 0.122 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(40.88% 0.139 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.2548, 5.9629, 14.5179)
Luminance	0.0596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72256B #25722C

analogous

#532572 #72256B #722544

triadic

#72256B #6B7225 #256B72

tetradic

#72256B #725325 #25722C #254472

square

#72256B #725325 #25722C #254472

split-complementary

#72256B #447225 #257253

monochromatic

#170716 #441640 #72256B #A03496 #C54CBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.58

#72256B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#72256B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72256B

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72256B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72256B	1.00	9.58	2.19	9.58
#FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#213E6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B4969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#772D44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72256b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 37, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.139 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d6695',
    500: '#72256b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72256b;
$custom-light: #9d6695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72256b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.455,
    "s": 50.993,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40875,
    "c": 0.13865,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72256B

secondary

#4EA556

accent

#DA5A4D

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F2EBF2

border

#CCC6CC

text

#0F060D

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #72256B

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

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