#72239D#72239D

#72239D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.187 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72239D
RGB	rgb(114, 35, 157)
HSL	hsl(279, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(279, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 77.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.29, 53.54, -50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.29, 73.59, 316.67°)
OKLab	oklab(44.04% 0.121 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(44.04% 0.187 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.6251, 7.2141, 32.5665)
Luminance	0.0721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72239D #4E9D23

analogous

#35239D #72239D #9D238B

triadic

#72239D #9D7223 #239D72

tetradic

#72239D #9D3523 #4E9D23 #238B9D

square

#72239D #9D3523 #4E9D23 #238B9D

split-complementary

#72239D #8B9D23 #239D35

monochromatic

#290D39 #4E186B #72239D #962ECF #B05FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#72239D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#72239D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72239D

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72239D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72239D	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C415F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72239d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 35, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.187 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f67bb',
    500: '#72239d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72239d;
$custom-light: #9f67bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72239d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.852,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44038,
    "c": 0.18747,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72239D

secondary

#7FC05C

accent

#E7417C

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72239D

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

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