#72257D#72257D

#72257D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.155 H 322.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72257D
RGB	rgb(114, 37, 125)
HSL	hsl(293, 54%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(293, 70%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 70.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.36, 46.06, -33.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.36, 57.15, 323.71°)
OKLab	oklab(41.96% 0.1227 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(41.96% 0.155 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.3023, 6.3818, 20.0346)
Luminance	0.0638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72257D #307D25

analogous

#46257D #72257D #7D255C

triadic

#72257D #7D7225 #257D72

tetradic

#72257D #7D4625 #307D25 #255C7D

square

#72257D #7D4625 #307D25 #255C7D

split-complementary

#72257D #5C7D25 #257D46

monochromatic

#1C091F #47174E #72257D #9D33AC #BC51CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#72257D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#72257D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72257D

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72257D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72257D	1.00	9.23	2.28	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A4280

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#314A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74344E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72257d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 37, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.155 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d67a3',
    500: '#72257d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72257d;
$custom-light: #9d67a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72257d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 54.321,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4196,
    "c": 0.15479,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72257D

secondary

#5BAF4F

accent

#DE4A5D

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF4

border

#CDC6CE

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72257D

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

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