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violet · cool

#725399

a balanced, soft violet · cool · closest name: Rebecca Purple

Token name suggestion: Studio Plum

RGB
114, 83, 153
HSL
267°, 30%, 46%
CMYK
26, 46, 0, 40
Luminance
0.1206

#725399 is a balanced soft violet, 267° on the wheel and 66/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (6.15:1). As text it scores 6.15:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Rebecca Purple, nearest Tailwind family is slate.

hsl(267 30% 46%)rgb(114 83 153)Base step 600AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #725399 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#725399
Hue
267°
violet
Saturation
30%
soft
Lightness
46%
balanced
Brightness
60%
HSV value
Perceived
40%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1206
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
66/100 cool
Color family
Violet
Tone
Soft
Best ink
White
6.15:1
Closest name
Rebecca Purple
ΔE2000 9.2
Chroma
43.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.505
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
slate
500 · ΔE 15
Web-safe
#666699
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue267° of 360°
Saturation30%
Lightness46%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #725399.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool66% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red30%
Green51%
Blue19%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#725399
HEX (8-digit)#725399ff
RGBrgb(114, 83, 153)
RGBArgba(114, 83, 153, 1)
HSLhsl(267, 30%, 46%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267, 46%, 60%)
HWBhwb(267 33% 40%)
CMYKcmyk(26%, 46%, 0%, 40%)
LABlab(41.3 27.8 -33.6)
LCHlch(41.3 43.6 309.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.505 0.112 303.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(15.78, 12.06, 31.63)
Decimal7492505
Display P3color(display-p3 0.447 0.325 0.600)
Web-safe#666699

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #725399;
background-color: #725399;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #725399;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#725399] bg-[#725399]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #725399;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.447, green: 0.325, blue: 0.600)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.447, green: 0.325, blue: 0.600, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#725399</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF725399)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF725399)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(153, 83, 114)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(114, 83, 153)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(114, 83, 153)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 114, 83, 153)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4471f, 0.3255f, 0.6000f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{114,83,153}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #725399 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #725399 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#3E2D53, #DFD7E9);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #725399 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F7F6F9;
  --brand-100: #EFECF3;
  --brand-200: #DDD5E7;
  --brand-300: #C5B6D8;
  --brand-400: #A892C4;
  --brand-500: #8B6DB0;
  --brand-600: #725399;
  --brand-700: #634884;
  --brand-800: #4F396A;
  --brand-900: #3B2C4E;
  --brand-950: #251C31;
  --brand: #725399;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F7F5FA;
  --brand-border: #D5CAE2;
  --brand-hover: #614682;
  --brand-pressed: #503A6B;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1B1424;
    --brand-ink: #DFD7E9;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F7F6F9',
        100: '#EFECF3',
        200: '#DDD5E7',
        300: '#C5B6D8',
        400: '#A892C4',
        500: '#8B6DB0',
        600: '#725399',
        700: '#634884',
        800: '#4F396A',
        900: '#3B2C4E',
        950: '#251C31',
        DEFAULT: '#725399',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F7F6F9,
  '100': #EFECF3,
  '200': #DDD5E7,
  '300': #C5B6D8,
  '400': #A892C4,
  '500': #8B6DB0,
  '600': #725399,
  '700': #634884,
  '800': #4F396A,
  '900': #3B2C4E,
  '950': #251C31,
);
$brand-base: #725399;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F7F6F9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EFECF3", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#DDD5E7", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#C5B6D8", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#A892C4", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#8B6DB0", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#725399", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#634884", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#4F396A", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#3B2C4E", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#251C31", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #725399 · 6.15:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 6.15:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 3.41:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #725399 as text scores 6.15:1 on white and 3.41:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #F2EEF6 at 5.37:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#725399 · 6.15:1
AA on whitealready passes
#725399
The quick fox
#684C8C · 7.00:1
AAA on white−4% L
#684C8C
The quick fox
#8768AD · 4.61:1
AA on black+8% L
#8768AD
The quick fox
#A48CC1 · 7.10:1
AAA on black+19% L
#A48CC1

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #725399 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#725399 on white: 6.15:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#725399 on black: 3.41:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #725399 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #725399.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White6.15:1AaAa
Slate 505.88:1AaAa
Slate 1005.62:1AaAa
Slate 2004.99:1AaAa
Slate 3004.14:1AaAa
Slate 4002.40:1AaAa
Slate 5001.29:1AaAa
Slate 6001.23:1AaAa
Slate 7001.68:1AaAa
Slate 8002.38:1AaAa
Slate 9002.90:1AaAa
Black3.41:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #40619C
deuteranopia · #476197
tritanopia · #6B5F6E

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #725399 is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F7F6F9
#EFECF3
#DDD5E7
#C5B6D8
#A892C4
#8B6DB0
#725399
#634884
#4F396A
#3B2C4E
#251C31
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #F7F6F9Darkest = 950 · #251C31Text step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.028 303.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.045 303.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.067 303.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.088 303.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.103 303.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.112 303.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.112 303.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.105 303.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.094 303.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.079 303.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.062 303.0);
}

Colors that work with #725399

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F7F5FA
Tinted page background
Border#D5CAE2
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#6F5195
Captions on the surface
Accent#7B8943
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#3E2D53
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F2EEF6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1B1424
Dark-mode background
Hover#614682
One step down in lightness
Pressed#503A6B
Two steps down
Disabled#AC9CC0
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#7B4EB3
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #725399

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

creativepremiummodernimaginative

Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Deep violets swallow detail on screens with poor gamma; check it on a cheap laptop panel.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight54/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#7A9953
Analogous left#535799
Analogous right#955399
Split-complement 1#999553
Split-complement 2#579953
Triadic 1#997253
Triadic 2#539972
Tetradic#995357
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°267°

#725399 sits at 267°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red44.7%
Green32.5%
Blue60.0%
R · 0–255
114
0x72
G · 0–255
83
0x53
B · 0–255
153
0x99

CMYK percentages

Cyan25.5%
Magenta45.8%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)40.0%

Total ink coverage is 111%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#725399 text on a black background

contrast 3.41:1

Card sample

#725399 text on a white background

contrast 6.15:1

Card sample

#725399 on grey

5.62:1

#725399 on its own surface

5.68:1

#725399 on its dark surface

2.91:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #725399;
Background color
Panel with #725399 background
background-color: #725399;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #725399;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(114, 83, 153, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(114, 83, 153, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #725399;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #725399, #995391);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #725399, #995380);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #725399;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #725399;
caret-color: #725399;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #725399;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F2EEF6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #725399;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#725399 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #725399 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(114, 83, 153, 0.5)
rgb(114 83 153 / 50%)
#72539980
hsl(267 30% 46% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #725399 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#7253991a#F1EEF5
20%#72539933#E3DDEB
40%#72539966#C7BAD6
60%#72539999#AA98C2
80%#725399cc#8E75AD

Gradients from #725399

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9175B4, #725399 45%, #3E2D53);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #725399, #854879);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #725399, #7A9953);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #A189BF 0%, #725399 45%, #3E2D53 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F7F5FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #6E78B1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #A961A8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #3E2D53 0%, transparent 65%), #725399;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #725399

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#725399 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Creative toolsFintechBeautyLuxury
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 3.41:1 — lift it to #8768AD for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#725399, answered

What color is #725399?

#725399 is a balanced soft violet, closest to Rebecca Purple (ΔE2000 9.2). It sits at 267° on the hue wheel with 30% saturation and 46% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #725399?

rgb(114, 83, 153) — 114 red, 83 green and 153 blue out of 255, or 44.7% / 32.5% / 60% by channel.

What is #725399 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(267, 30%, 46%) and hsv(267, 46%, 60%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #725399 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1206 and perceived brightness is 40%, so white text on it reaches 6.15:1.

Should I use black or white text on #725399?

White. It scores 6.15:1 against #725399, versus 3.41:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #725399 accessible on a white background?

#725399 on white scores 6.15:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #725399?

#7A9953 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #999553 and #579953, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #725399?

For interface work: #F7F5FA as the surface, #D5CAE2 for borders, #6F5195 for secondary text, #7B8943 as an accent and #3E2D53 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #535799 and #955399 stays calm, while #7A9953 is the loudest partner.

What is #725399 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(26%, 46%, 0%, 40%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #725399 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 66 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #8C5399; nudged cooler, #56519B.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #725399?

The slate family — its 500 step is #64748b, ΔE2000 15 away. That is a visible difference, so define #725399 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #725399 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#725399] or text-[#725399], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #725399 with 50% opacity?

rgba(114, 83, 153, 0.5), or #72539980 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B9A9CC; over black, #392A4D.

Is #725399 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #666699, ΔE2000 8.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #725399 mean?

As a violet, it reads creative, premium, modern. Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #725399?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #9175B4, #725399 45%, #3E2D53). For more colour, a short hue run to #854879 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #725399 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #725399 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.