#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
RGB	rgb(114, 32, 157)
HSL	hsl(279, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(279, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 79.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.91, 54.63, -51.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.91, 74.81, 316.91°)
OKLab	oklab(43.77% 0.1236 -0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(43.77% 0.191 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.5406, 7.0451, 32.5383)
Luminance	0.0704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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
##72209D	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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