#72209C#72209C

#72209C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.190 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72209C
RGB	rgb(114, 32, 156)
HSL	hsl(280, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(280, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 79.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.83, 54.42, -50.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.83, 74.33, 317.07°)
OKLab	oklab(43.69% 0.1238 -0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(43.69% 0.19 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.4555, 7.0111, 32.0905)
Luminance	0.0701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72209C #4A9C20

analogous

#34209C #72209C #9C2088

triadic

#72209C #9C7220 #209C72

tetradic

#72209C #9C3420 #4A9C20 #20889C

square

#72209C #9C3420 #4A9C20 #20889C

split-complementary

#72209C #889C20 #209C34

monochromatic

#280B36 #4D1669 #72209C #972ACF #B059DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#72209C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#72209C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72209C

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72209C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72209C	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C3F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72209c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 32, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.190 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f66ba',
    500: '#72209c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72209c;
$custom-light: #9f66ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72209c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.677,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43692,
    "c": 0.18959,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72209C

secondary

#7BC157

accent

#E93F78

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72209C

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

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