#73238D#73238D

#73238D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.173 H 316.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#73238D
RGBrgb(115, 35, 141)
HSLhsl(285, 60%, 35%)
HSVhsv(285, 75%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(18.4%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(31.28, 50.33, -42.32)
CIE-LCHlch(31.28, 65.76, 319.95°)
OKLaboklab(42.99% 0.125 -0.1191)
OKLCHoklch(42.99% 0.173 316.4)
XYZxyz(12.4782, 6.7705, 25.8437)
Luminance0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#73238D #3D8D23
analogous
#3E238D #73238D #8D2372
triadic
#73238D #8D7323 #238D73
tetradic
#73238D #8D3E23 #3D8D23 #23728D
square
#73238D #8D3E23 #3D8D23 #23728D
split-complementary
#73238D #728D23 #238D3E
monochromatic
#230B2B #4B175C #73238D #9B2FBE #B655D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92
#73238D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35
#73238D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #73238D
8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##73238D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##73238D1.008.922.358.92
#FFFFFF8.921.0021.001.00
#0000002.3521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.921.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#004590
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#234C8B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#713956
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #73238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.173 316.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f66af',
    500: '#73238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #73238d;
$custom-light: #9f66af;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#73238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.283,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42987,
    "c": 0.17267,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#73238D
secondary
#6CB953
accent
#E3446B
background
#FAF6FA
surface
#F4EBF4
border
#CEC6CE
text
#0F0610
muted
#7F7A7F

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#73238D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva