#72277C#72277C

#72277C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.151 H 322.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72277C
RGB	rgb(114, 39, 124)
HSL	hsl(293, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(293, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 68.5%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.60, 45.00, -32.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.60, 55.69, 323.91°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% 0.1204 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.151 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3027, 6.4843, 19.7211)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72277C #317C27

analogous

#48277C #72277C #7C275C

triadic

#72277C #7C7227 #277C72

tetradic

#72277C #7C4827 #317C27 #275C7C

square

#72277C #7C4827 #317C27 #275C7C

split-complementary

#72277C #5C7C27 #277C48

monochromatic

#1C0A1F #47184D #72277C #9D36AB #BB54C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#72277C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#72277C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72277C

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72277C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72277C	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#11427E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#334B7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74354E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72277c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 39, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.151 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d68a2',
    500: '#72277c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72277c;
$custom-light: #9d68a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72277c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.941,
    "s": 52.147,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42117,
    "c": 0.15113,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72277C

secondary

#5CAE51

accent

#DC4C5D

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF3

border

#CCC6CD

text

#0F060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72277C

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