#72219B#72219B

#72219B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.188 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72219B
RGB	rgb(114, 33, 155)
HSL	hsl(280, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(280, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 78.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.88, 53.84, -49.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.88, 73.44, 317.15°)
OKLab	oklab(43.7% 0.1232 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(43.7% 0.188 311)
XYZ	xyz(13.3985, 7.0320, 31.6555)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72219B #4A9B21

analogous

#35219B #72219B #9B2187

triadic

#72219B #9B7221 #219B72

tetradic

#72219B #9B3521 #4A9B21 #21879B

square

#72219B #9B3521 #4A9B21 #21879B

split-complementary

#72219B #879B21 #219B35

monochromatic

#280C36 #4D1669 #72219B #972CCD #B05ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#72219B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#72219B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72219B

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72219B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72219B	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#014C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D3F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72219b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 33, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.188 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f66b9',
    500: '#72219b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72219b;
$custom-light: #9f66b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72219b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.836,
    "s": 64.894,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43702,
    "c": 0.18765,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.07032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72219B

secondary

#7BC058

accent

#E84078

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72219B

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

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