#72219D#72219D

#72219D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.190 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72219D
RGB	rgb(114, 33, 157)
HSL	hsl(279, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(279, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 79%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.03, 54.27, -50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.03, 74.41, 316.83°)
OKLab	oklab(43.86% 0.1228 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(43.86% 0.19 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.5679, 7.0998, 32.5474)
Luminance	0.0710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72219D #4C9D21

analogous

#34219D #72219D #9D218A

triadic

#72219D #9D7221 #219D72

tetradic

#72219D #9D3421 #4C9D21 #218A9D

square

#72219D #9D3421 #4C9D21 #218A9D

split-complementary

#72219D #8A9D21 #219D34

monochromatic

#290C38 #4D166A #72219D #972CD0 #B05CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#72219D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#72219D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72219D

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72219D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72219D	1.00	8.68	2.42	8.68
#FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C405F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72219d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 33, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.190 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f66bb',
    500: '#72219d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72219d;
$custom-light: #9f66bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72219d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.194,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43858,
    "c": 0.18953,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72219D

secondary

#7DC159

accent

#E8407A

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72219D

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

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