#72239B#72239B

#72239B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.186 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72239B
RGB	rgb(114, 35, 155)
HSL	hsl(280, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(280, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 77.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.14, 53.10, -49.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.14, 72.61, 317.00°)
OKLab	oklab(43.88% 0.1214 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(43.88% 0.186 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.4557, 7.1464, 31.6745)
Luminance	0.0715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72239B #4C9B23

analogous

#36239B #72239B #9B2388

triadic

#72239B #9B7223 #239B72

tetradic

#72239B #9B3623 #4C9B23 #23889B

square

#72239B #9B3623 #4C9B23 #23889B

split-complementary

#72239B #889B23 #239B36

monochromatic

#290C37 #4D1869 #72239B #972ECD #B05EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#72239B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#72239B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72239B

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72239B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72239B	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)

#00489E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#054D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72239b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 35, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.186 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f67b9',
    500: '#72239b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72239b;
$custom-light: #9f67b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72239b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43883,
    "c": 0.18557,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72239B

secondary

#7DBF5A

accent

#E6427A

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72239B

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

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