#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
RGBrgb(114, 33, 157)
HSLhsl(279, 65%, 37%)
HSVhsv(279, 79%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(27.4%, 79%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LABlab(32.03, 54.27, -50.91)
CIE-LCHlch(32.03, 74.41, 316.83°)
OKLaboklab(43.86% 0.1228 -0.1444)
OKLCHoklch(43.86% 0.19 310.4)
XYZxyz(13.5679, 7.0998, 32.5474)
Luminance0.0710 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##72219D1.008.682.428.68
#FFFFFF8.681.0021.001.00
#0000002.4221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.681.0021.001.00

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

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#72219D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva