#72209D#72209D

#72209D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.191 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72209D
RGBrgb(114, 32, 157)
HSLhsl(279, 66%, 37%)
HSVhsv(279, 80%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(27.4%, 79.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LABlab(31.91, 54.63, -51.11)
CIE-LCHlch(31.91, 74.81, 316.91°)
OKLaboklab(43.77% 0.1236 -0.145)
OKLCHoklch(43.77% 0.191 310.5)
XYZxyz(13.5406, 7.0451, 32.5383)
Luminance0.0704 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72209D #4B9D20
analogous
#33209D #72209D #9D208A
triadic
#72209D #9D7220 #209D72
tetradic
#72209D #9D3320 #4B9D20 #208A9D
square
#72209D #9D3320 #4B9D20 #208A9D
split-complementary
#72209D #8A9D20 #209D33
monochromatic
#280B37 #4D166A #72209D #972AD0 #B05ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72
#72209D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41
#72209D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72209D
8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72209D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##72209D1.008.722.418.72
#FFFFFF8.721.0021.001.00
#0000002.4121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.721.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0048A0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#004C9A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#6C3F5F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72209d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 32, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.191 310.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f66bb',
    500: '#72209d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72209d;
$custom-light: #9f66bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72209d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.36,
    "s": 66.138,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43771,
    "c": 0.19052,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72209D
secondary
#7CC157
accent
#E93F79
background
#FAF6FB
surface
#F4EBF6
border
#CEC6D0
text
#0F0612
muted
#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72209D

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#72209D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva