#72258A#72258A

#72258A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.167 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72258A
RGB	rgb(114, 37, 138)
HSL	hsl(286, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(286, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 73.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.20, 48.69, -40.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.20, 63.40, 320.18°)
OKLab	oklab(42.83% 0.122 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(42.83% 0.167 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.1878, 6.7360, 24.6980)
Luminance	0.0674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72258A #3D8A25

analogous

#40258A #72258A #8A2570

triadic

#72258A #8A7225 #258A72

tetradic

#72258A #8A4025 #3D8A25 #25708A

square

#72258A #8A4025 #3D8A25 #25708A

split-complementary

#72258A #708A25 #258A40

monochromatic

#220B29 #4A185A #72258A #9A32BA #B557D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#72258A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#72258A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72258A

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72258A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72258A	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#264C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#713955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72258a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 37, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.167 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e67ad',
    500: '#72258a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72258a;
$custom-light: #9e67ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72258a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.743,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42832,
    "c": 0.16703,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72258A

secondary

#6CB754

accent

#E1476B

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF4

border

#CDC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72258A

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

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