#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
RGBrgb(114, 33, 158)
HSLhsl(279, 65%, 37%)
HSVhsv(279, 79%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(27.8%, 79.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LABlab(32.11, 54.49, -51.39)
CIE-LCHlch(32.11, 74.90, 316.68°)
OKLaboklab(43.94% 0.1226 -0.1458)
OKLCHoklch(43.94% 0.19 310)
XYZxyz(13.6536, 7.1340, 32.9989)
Luminance0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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
##72219E1.008.652.438.65
#FFFFFF8.651.0021.001.00
#0000002.4321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.651.0021.001.00

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

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