#72257E#72257E

#72257E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.156 H 322.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72257E
RGB	rgb(114, 37, 126)
HSL	hsl(292, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(292, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 70.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.42, 46.26, -34.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.42, 57.63, 323.40°)
OKLab	oklab(42.02% 0.1227 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(42.02% 0.156 322)
XYZ	xyz(11.3665, 6.4075, 20.3727)
Luminance	0.0641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72257E #317E25

analogous

#46257E #72257E #7E255E

triadic

#72257E #7E7225 #257E72

tetradic

#72257E #7E4625 #317E25 #255E7E

square

#72257E #7E4625 #317E25 #255E7E

split-complementary

#72257E #5E7E25 #257E46

monochromatic

#1C091F #47174F #72257E #9D33AD #BB51CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#72257E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#72257E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72257E

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72257E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72257E	1.00	9.20	2.28	9.20
#FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#084281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#314B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73344E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72257e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 37, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.156 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d67a4',
    500: '#72257e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72257e;
$custom-light: #9d67a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72257e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.91,
    "s": 54.601,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42024,
    "c": 0.15572,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.06407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72257E

secondary

#5CB04F

accent

#DE4A5E

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF4

border

#CDC6CE

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72257E

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

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