#72258C#72258C

#72258C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.169 H 316.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72258C
RGB	rgb(114, 37, 140)
HSL	hsl(285, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(285, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 73.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.33, 49.11, -41.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.33, 64.37, 319.72°)
OKLab	oklab(42.97% 0.1218 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(42.97% 0.169 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.3339, 6.7945, 25.4676)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72258C #3F8C25

analogous

#3E258C #72258C #8C2573

triadic

#72258C #8C7225 #258C72

tetradic

#72258C #8C3E25 #3F8C25 #25738C

square

#72258C #8C3E25 #3F8C25 #25738C

split-complementary

#72258C #738C25 #258C3E

monochromatic

#230B2B #4B185C #72258C #9932BC #B458D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#72258C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#72258C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72258C

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72258C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72258C	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#244C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#703A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72258c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 37, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.169 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e67ae',
    500: '#72258c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72258c;
$custom-light: #9e67ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72258c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.854,
    "s": 58.192,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42973,
    "c": 0.16894,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72258C

secondary

#6EB855

accent

#E1466E

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF4

border

#CDC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72258C

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

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