#72239E#72239E

#72239E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.188 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72239E
RGB	rgb(114, 35, 158)
HSL	hsl(279, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(279, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 77.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.37, 53.75, -50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.37, 74.08, 316.52°)
OKLab	oklab(44.12% 0.1208 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(44.12% 0.188 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.7108, 7.2484, 33.0179)
Luminance	0.0725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72239E #4F9E23

analogous

#35239E #72239E #9E238C

triadic

#72239E #9E7223 #239E72

tetradic

#72239E #9E3523 #4F9E23 #238C9E

square

#72239E #9E3523 #4F9E23 #238C9E

split-complementary

#72239E #8C9E23 #239E35

monochromatic

#2A0D3A #4E186C #72239E #962ED0 #AF60DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#72239E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#72239E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72239E

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72239E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72239E	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C4160

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72239e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 35, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.188 309.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72239e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.537,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44116,
    "c": 0.18843,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72239E

secondary

#80C15C

accent

#E7417C

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72239E

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

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