#72249A#72249A

#72249A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.184 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72249A
RGB	rgb(114, 36, 154)
HSL	hsl(280, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(280, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 76.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.20, 52.50, -48.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.20, 71.69, 317.08°)
OKLab	oklab(43.9% 0.1207 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(43.9% 0.184 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.4019, 7.1726, 31.2440)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72249A #4C9A24

analogous

#37249A #72249A #9A2487

triadic

#72249A #9A7224 #249A72

tetradic

#72249A #9A3724 #4C9A24 #24879A

square

#72249A #9A3724 #4C9A24 #24879A

split-complementary

#72249A #879A24 #249A37

monochromatic

#290D37 #4D1868 #72249A #9730CC #B05FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#72249A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#72249A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72249A

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72249A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72249A	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B4D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72249a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 36, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.184 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f67b8',
    500: '#72249a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72249a;
$custom-light: #9f67b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72249a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.661,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43901,
    "c": 0.18353,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72249A

secondary

#7DBF5B

accent

#E5437A

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0611

muted

#7F7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #72249A

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

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