#72229D#72229D

#72229D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.189 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72229D
RGB	rgb(114, 34, 157)
HSL	hsl(279, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(279, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 78.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.16, 53.91, -50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.16, 74.01, 316.75°)
OKLab	oklab(43.95% 0.1219 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(43.95% 0.189 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.5961, 7.1561, 32.5568)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72229D #4D9D22

analogous

#34229D #72229D #9D228B

triadic

#72229D #9D7222 #229D72

tetradic

#72229D #9D3422 #4D9D22 #228B9D

square

#72229D #9D3422 #4D9D22 #228B9D

split-complementary

#72229D #8B9D22 #229D34

monochromatic

#290C38 #4D176B #72229D #972DCF #B05DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#72229D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#72229D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72229D

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72229D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72229D	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C405F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72229d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 34, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.189 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f67bb',
    500: '#72229d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72229d;
$custom-light: #9f67bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72229d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.024,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43947,
    "c": 0.18851,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72229D

secondary

#7EC15A

accent

#E7407B

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72229D

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

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