#72258B#72258B

#72258B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.168 H 316.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72258B
RGB	rgb(114, 37, 139)
HSL	hsl(285, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(285, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 73.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.27, 48.90, -41.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.27, 63.88, 319.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42.9% 0.1219 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(42.9% 0.168 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.2605, 6.7651, 25.0811)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72258B #3E8B25

analogous

#3F258B #72258B #8B2571

triadic

#72258B #8B7225 #258B72

tetradic

#72258B #8B3F25 #3E8B25 #25718B

square

#72258B #8B3F25 #3E8B25 #25718B

split-complementary

#72258B #718B25 #258B3F

monochromatic

#230B2A #4A185B #72258B #9A32BB #B458D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#72258B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#72258B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72258B

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72258B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72258B	1.00	8.92	2.35	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#254C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#713A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72258b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 37, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.168 316.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72258b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.294,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42902,
    "c": 0.16799,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72258B

secondary

#6DB755

accent

#E1476D

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF4

border

#CDC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72258B

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

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