#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
RGBrgb(114, 32, 158)
HSLhsl(279, 66%, 37%)
HSVhsv(279, 80%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(27.8%, 79.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LABlab(31.99, 54.85, -51.59)
CIE-LCHlch(31.99, 75.30, 316.75°)
OKLaboklab(43.85% 0.1234 -0.1464)
OKLCHoklch(43.85% 0.191 310.1)
XYZxyz(13.6263, 7.0794, 32.9898)
Luminance0.0708 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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
##72209E1.008.692.428.69
#FFFFFF8.691.0021.001.00
#0000002.4221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.691.0021.001.00

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

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