#73238B#73238B

#73238B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.171 H 317.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73238B
RGB	rgb(115, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(286, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(286, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.14, 49.92, -41.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.14, 64.79, 320.40°)
OKLab	oklab(42.85% 0.1252 -0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(42.85% 0.171 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.3308, 6.7115, 25.0670)
Luminance	0.0671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73238B #3B8B23

analogous

#3F238B #73238B #8B236F

triadic

#73238B #8B7323 #238B73

tetradic

#73238B #8B3F23 #3B8B23 #236F8B

square

#73238B #8B3F23 #3B8B23 #236F8B

split-complementary

#73238B #6F8B23 #238B3F

monochromatic

#220A29 #4B175A #73238B #9B2FBC #B754D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#73238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#73238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #73238B

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##73238B	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#254C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#723955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.171 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f66ad',
    500: '#73238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73238b;
$custom-light: #9f66ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42845,
    "c": 0.17079,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73238B

secondary

#69B852

accent

#E34569

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #73238B

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

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