#72239A#72239A

#72239A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.185 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72239A
RGB	rgb(114, 35, 154)
HSL	hsl(280, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(280, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 77.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.06, 52.88, -49.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.06, 72.12, 317.16°)
OKLab	oklab(43.81% 0.1216 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(43.81% 0.185 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.3721, 7.1129, 31.2341)
Luminance	0.0711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72239A #4B9A23

analogous

#37239A #72239A #9A2387

triadic

#72239A #9A7223 #239A72

tetradic

#72239A #9A3723 #4B9A23 #23879A

square

#72239A #9A3723 #4B9A23 #23879A

split-complementary

#72239A #879A23 #239A37

monochromatic

#280C36 #4D1868 #72239A #972ECC #B05DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#72239A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#72239A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72239A

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72239A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72239A	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#094D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D3F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72239a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 35, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.185 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f67b8',
    500: '#72239a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72239a;
$custom-light: #9f67b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72239a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.832,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43807,
    "c": 0.18461,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72239A

secondary

#7CBF5A

accent

#E64279

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0611

muted

#7F7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #72239A

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

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