#73237E#73237E

#73237E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.159 H 322.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73237E
RGB	rgb(115, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(293, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(293, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.29, 47.33, -34.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.29, 58.60, 323.86°)
OKLab	oklab(41.96% 0.1262 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(41.96% 0.159 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4368, 6.3539, 20.3586)
Luminance	0.0635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73237E #2E7E23

analogous

#46237E #73237E #7E235C

triadic

#73237E #7E7323 #237E73

tetradic

#73237E #7E4623 #2E7E23 #235C7E

square

#73237E #7E4623 #2E7E23 #235C7E

split-complementary

#73237E #5C7E23 #237E46

monochromatic

#1C081E #47164E #73237E #9F30AE #BE4ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#73237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#73237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #73237E

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##73237E	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#034181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#304A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75334E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.159 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e66a4',
    500: '#73237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73237e;
$custom-light: #9e66a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.747,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41964,
    "c": 0.15879,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73237E

secondary

#58B04C

accent

#E0485A

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF4

border

#CDC6CE

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #73237E

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

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