#72209F#72209F

#72209F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.192 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72209F
RGB	rgb(114, 32, 159)
HSL	hsl(279, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(279, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 79.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.06, 55.06, -52.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.06, 75.79, 316.60°)
OKLab	oklab(43.93% 0.1232 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(43.93% 0.192 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.7127, 7.1139, 33.4449)
Luminance	0.0711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72209F #4D9F20

analogous

#32209F #72209F #9F208D

triadic

#72209F #9F7220 #209F72

tetradic

#72209F #9F3220 #4D9F20 #208D9F

square

#72209F #9F3220 #4D9F20 #208D9F

split-complementary

#72209F #8D9F20 #209F32

monochromatic

#290B39 #4D166C #72209F #972AD2 #B05BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#72209F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#72209F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72209F

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72209F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72209F	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B4060

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72209f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 32, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.192 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f66bc',
    500: '#72209f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72209f;
$custom-light: #9f66bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72209f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.74,
    "s": 66.492,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43929,
    "c": 0.19239,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72209F

secondary

#7EC259

accent

#E93E7B

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72209F

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

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