#72209A#72209A

#72209A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.188 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72209A
RGB	rgb(114, 32, 154)
HSL	hsl(280, 66%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(280, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 79.2%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.68, 53.99, -49.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.68, 73.35, 317.39°)
OKLab	oklab(43.54% 0.1243 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(43.54% 0.188 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.2876, 6.9439, 31.2059)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72209A #489A20

analogous

#35209A #72209A #9A2085

triadic

#72209A #9A7220 #209A72

tetradic

#72209A #9A3520 #489A20 #20859A

square

#72209A #9A3520 #489A20 #20859A

split-complementary

#72209A #859A20 #209A35

monochromatic

#270B35 #4C1567 #72209A #982BCD #B158DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#72209A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#72209A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72209A

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72209A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72209A	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#024C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D3E5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72209a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 32, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.188 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f66b9',
    500: '#72209a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72209a;
$custom-light: #9f66b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72209a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.328,
    "s": 65.591,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43537,
    "c": 0.18772,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72209A

secondary

#79C056

accent

#E93F77

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0611

muted

#7F7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #72209A

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

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