#72256C#72256C

#72256C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.140 H 331.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72256C
RGB	rgb(114, 37, 108)
HSL	hsl(305, 51%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(305, 68%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 5.3%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.37, 42.87, -24.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.37, 49.43, 330.15°)
OKLab	oklab(40.93% 0.1221 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(40.93% 0.14 331)
XYZ	xyz(10.3077, 5.9840, 14.7966)
Luminance	0.0598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72256C #25722B

analogous

#512572 #72256C #722546

triadic

#72256C #6C7225 #256C72

tetradic

#72256C #725125 #25722B #254672

square

#72256C #725125 #25722B #254672

split-complementary

#72256C #467225 #257251

monochromatic

#170716 #441640 #72256C #A03498 #C54CBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.56

#72256C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#72256C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72256C

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72256C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72256C	1.00	9.56	2.20	9.56
#FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#203E6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B496A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#772D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72256c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 37, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.140 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d6696',
    500: '#72256c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72256c;
$custom-light: #9d6696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72256c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.675,
    "s": 50.993,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40931,
    "c": 0.13951,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.05983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72256C

secondary

#4EA555

accent

#DA584D

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F2EBF2

border

#CCC6CC

text

#0F060D

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #72256C

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

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