#72258E#72258E

#72258E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.171 H 315.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72258E
RGB	rgb(114, 37, 142)
HSL	hsl(284, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(284, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 73.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.47, 49.53, -42.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.47, 65.35, 319.28°)
OKLab	oklab(43.11% 0.1215 -0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(43.11% 0.171 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.4827, 6.8540, 26.2514)
Luminance	0.0685 (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

#72258E #418E25

analogous

#3E258E #72258E #8E2575

triadic

#72258E #8E7225 #258E72

tetradic

#72258E #8E3E25 #418E25 #25758E

square

#72258E #8E3E25 #418E25 #25758E

split-complementary

#72258E #758E25 #258E3E

monochromatic

#240C2D #4B185D #72258E #9932BF #B35AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#72258E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#72258E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72258E

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72258E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72258E	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#224C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#703B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72258e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 37, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.171 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e67b0',
    500: '#72258e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72258e;
$custom-light: #9e67b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72258e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43115,
    "c": 0.17086,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72258E

secondary

#70B956

accent

#E24670

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF5

border

#CDC6CF

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72258E

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

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