#72209E#72209E

#72209E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.191 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72209E
RGB	rgb(114, 32, 158)
HSL	hsl(279, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(279, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 79.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.99, 54.85, -51.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.99, 75.30, 316.75°)
OKLab	oklab(43.85% 0.1234 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(43.85% 0.191 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.6263, 7.0794, 32.9898)
Luminance	0.0708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72209E #4C9E20

analogous

#33209E #72209E #9E208B

triadic

#72209E #9E7220 #209E72

tetradic

#72209E #9E3320 #4C9E20 #208B9E

square

#72209E #9E3320 #4C9E20 #208B9E

split-complementary

#72209E #8B9E20 #209E33

monochromatic

#290B38 #4D166B #72209E #972AD1 #B05BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#72209E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#72209E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72209E

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72209E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72209E	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C405F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72209e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 32, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.191 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f66bb',
    500: '#72209e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72209e;
$custom-light: #9f66bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72209e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.048,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4385,
    "c": 0.19146,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72209E

secondary

#7DC258

accent

#E93F7A

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72209E

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

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