#73238E#73238E

#73238E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.174 H 316.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73238E
RGB	rgb(115, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(285, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(285, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.35, 50.54, -42.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.35, 66.24, 319.73°)
OKLab	oklab(43.06% 0.1249 -0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(43.06% 0.174 316)
XYZ	xyz(12.5530, 6.8004, 26.2373)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73238E #3E8E23

analogous

#3E238E #73238E #8E2374

triadic

#73238E #8E7323 #238E73

tetradic

#73238E #8E3E23 #3E8E23 #23748E

square

#73238E #8E3E23 #3E8E23 #23748E

split-complementary

#73238E #748E23 #238E3E

monochromatic

#230B2C #4B175D #73238E #9B2FBF #B556D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#73238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#73238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #73238E

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##73238E	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#224C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#713A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.174 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f67b0',
    500: '#73238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73238e;
$custom-light: #9f67b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.86,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43058,
    "c": 0.17361,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73238E

secondary

#6DB953

accent

#E4446C

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF5

border

#CEC6CF

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #73238E

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

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