#72298E#72298E

#72298E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.166 H 315.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72298E
RGB	rgb(114, 41, 142)
HSL	hsl(283, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(283, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 71.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.07, 47.84, -41.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.07, 63.44, 318.94°)
OKLab	oklab(43.54% 0.1172 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(43.54% 0.166 315)
XYZ	xyz(12.6141, 7.1167, 26.2951)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72298E #458E29

analogous

#3F298E #72298E #8E2977

triadic

#72298E #8E7229 #298E72

tetradic

#72298E #8E3F29 #458E29 #29778E

square

#72298E #8E3F29 #458E29 #29778E

split-complementary

#72298E #778E29 #298E3F

monochromatic

#260E2F #4C1B5F #72298E #9837BD #B260D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#72298E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#72298E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72298E

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72298E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72298E	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#264D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#703D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72298e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 41, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.166 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e69b0',
    500: '#72298e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72298e;
$custom-light: #9e69b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72298e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.366,
    "s": 55.191,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43542,
    "c": 0.16584,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.07116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72298E

secondary

#75B75C

accent

#DF4973

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF5

border

#CDC6CF

text

#0F0710

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72298E

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

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