#72219C#72219C

#72219C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.189 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72219C
RGB	rgb(114, 33, 156)
HSL	hsl(280, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(280, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 78.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.96, 54.06, -50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.96, 73.93, 316.99°)
OKLab	oklab(43.78% 0.123 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(43.78% 0.189 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.4829, 7.0657, 32.0996)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72219C #4B9C21

analogous

#35219C #72219C #9C2189

triadic

#72219C #9C7221 #219C72

tetradic

#72219C #9C3521 #4B9C21 #21899C

square

#72219C #9C3521 #4B9C21 #21899C

split-complementary

#72219C #899C21 #219C35

monochromatic

#280C37 #4D1669 #72219C #972CCF #B05BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#72219C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#72219C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72219C

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72219C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72219C	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C3F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72219c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 33, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.189 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f66ba',
    500: '#72219c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72219c;
$custom-light: #9f66ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72219c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.512,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4378,
    "c": 0.18859,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72219C

secondary

#7CC158

accent

#E84079

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72219C

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

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