#72277D#72277D

#72277D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.152 H 322.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72277D
RGB	rgb(114, 39, 125)
HSL	hsl(292, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(292, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 68.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.66, 45.20, -33.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.66, 56.17, 323.59°)
OKLab	oklab(42.18% 0.1204 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(42.18% 0.152 322.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.3662, 6.5097, 20.0559)
Luminance	0.0651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72277D #327D27

analogous

#47277D #72277D #7D275D

triadic

#72277D #7D7227 #277D72

tetradic

#72277D #7D4727 #327D27 #275D7D

square

#72277D #7D4727 #327D27 #275D7D

split-complementary

#72277D #5D7D27 #277D47

monochromatic

#1D0A20 #47184E #72277D #9D36AC #BB55CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#72277D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#72277D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72277D

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72277D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72277D	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F4380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#334B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74354E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72277d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 39, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.152 322.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d68a3',
    500: '#72277d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72277d;
$custom-light: #9d68a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72277d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.326,
    "s": 52.439,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42181,
    "c": 0.15206,
    "h": 322.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72277D

secondary

#5DAF51

accent

#DC4C5E

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0F060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72277D

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

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