#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
RGBrgb(114, 36, 154)
HSLhsl(280, 62%, 37%)
HSVhsv(280, 77%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(26%, 76.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LABlab(32.20, 52.50, -48.82)
CIE-LCHlch(32.20, 71.69, 317.08°)
OKLaboklab(43.9% 0.1207 -0.1383)
OKLCHoklch(43.9% 0.184 311.1)
XYZxyz(13.4019, 7.1726, 31.2440)
Luminance0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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
##72249A1.008.632.438.63
#FFFFFF8.631.0021.001.00
#0000002.4321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.631.0021.001.00

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

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#72249A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva