#72219E#72219E

#72219E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.190 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72219E
RGB	rgb(114, 33, 158)
HSL	hsl(279, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(279, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 79.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.11, 54.49, -51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.11, 74.90, 316.68°)
OKLab	oklab(43.94% 0.1226 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(43.94% 0.19 310)
XYZ	xyz(13.6536, 7.1340, 32.9989)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72219E #4D9E21

analogous

#34219E #72219E #9E218C

triadic

#72219E #9E7221 #219E72

tetradic

#72219E #9E3421 #4D9E21 #218C9E

square

#72219E #9E3421 #4D9E21 #218C9E

split-complementary

#72219E #8C9E21 #219E34

monochromatic

#290C39 #4D166B #72219E #972CD1 #B05CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#72219E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#72219E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72219E

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72219E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72219E	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C405F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72219e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 33, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.190 310.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72219e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.88,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43936,
    "c": 0.19048,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.07134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72219E

secondary

#7EC159

accent

#E83F7B

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72219E

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

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