#73228B#73228B

#73228B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.172 H 317.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73228B
RGB	rgb(115, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(286, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(286, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.00, 50.31, -41.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.00, 65.23, 320.47°)
OKLab	oklab(42.75% 0.1262 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(42.75% 0.172 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.3018, 6.6535, 25.0573)
Luminance	0.0665 (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

#73228B #3A8B22

analogous

#3F228B #73228B #8B226F

triadic

#73228B #8B7322 #228B73

tetradic

#73228B #8B3F22 #3A8B22 #226F8B

square

#73228B #8B3F22 #3A8B22 #226F8B

split-complementary

#73228B #6F8B22 #228B3F

monochromatic

#220A29 #4A165A #73228B #9C2EBC #B753D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#73228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#73228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #73228B

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##73228B	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#244B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#723855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.172 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f66ad',
    500: '#73228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73228b;
$custom-light: #9f66ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.286,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42748,
    "c": 0.17196,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73228B

secondary

#68B850

accent

#E44469

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #73228B

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

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