#72268B#72268B

#72268B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.167 H 316.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72268B
RGB	rgb(114, 38, 139)
HSL	hsl(285, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(285, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 72.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.41, 48.49, -40.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.41, 63.41, 319.87°)
OKLab	oklab(43.01% 0.1208 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(43.01% 0.167 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.2920, 6.8282, 25.0916)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72268B #3F8B26

analogous

#40268B #72268B #8B2671

triadic

#72268B #8B7226 #268B72

tetradic

#72268B #8B4026 #3F8B26 #26718B

square

#72268B #8B4026 #3F8B26 #26718B

split-complementary

#72268B #718B26 #268B40

monochromatic

#230C2B #4B195B #72268B #9933BB #B45AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#72268B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#72268B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72268B

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72268B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72268B	1.00	8.88	2.37	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#264C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#713A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72268b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 38, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.167 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e68ad',
    500: '#72268b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72268b;
$custom-light: #9e68ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72268b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.149,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43007,
    "c": 0.16674,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72268B

secondary

#6EB756

accent

#E0476D

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF4

border

#CDC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72268B

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

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