#72439f

Color #72439f

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 8.14 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#72439f

RGB

rgb(114, 67, 159)

HSL

hsl(270.7, 40.7%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270.7, 57.9%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.3%, 57.9%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(38.01, 38.6, -42.48)

LCH

lch(38.01, 57.4, 312.26)

OKLCH

oklch(48.2%, 0.1465, 305.13)

HWB

hwb(270.7, 26.3%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#709f43

Analogous

#44439f

#72439f

#9f439e

Triadic

#72439f

#9f7243

#439f72

Split-complementary

#72439f

#9e9f43

#439f44

Tetradic

#72439f

#9f4370

#709f43

#439f72

Square

#72439f

#9f4443

#709f43

#439e9f

Shades

Color #72439f mixed toward black.

#5f3884

#4c2d6a

#39214f

#261635

#130b1a

Tints

Color #72439f mixed toward white.

#8a58b9

#a17ac7

#b99bd5

#d0bce3

#e8def1

Tones

Color #72439f mixed toward gray.

#724b97

#725290

#725a88

#716280

#716979

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.02:1

White text reads better on this background (6.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#61618f · ΔE 12.6

Deuteranopia

#64678b · ΔE 15

Tritanopia

#70817e · ΔE 28.6

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 25.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #72439f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72439f]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#72439f (#72439f) is rgb(114, 67, 159) in RGB.

No, #72439f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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