#72249B#72249B

#72249B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.184 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72249B
RGB	rgb(114, 36, 155)
HSL	hsl(279, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(279, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 76.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.27, 52.72, -49.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.27, 72.18, 316.91°)
OKLab	oklab(43.98% 0.1205 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(43.98% 0.185 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.4856, 7.2060, 31.6845)
Luminance	0.0721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72249B #4D9B24

analogous

#37249B #72249B #9B2488

triadic

#72249B #9B7224 #249B72

tetradic

#72249B #9B3724 #4D9B24 #24889B

square

#72249B #9B3724 #4D9B24 #24889B

split-complementary

#72249B #889B24 #249B37

monochromatic

#290D38 #4D1869 #72249B #9730CD #B05FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#72249B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#72249B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72249B

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72249B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72249B	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)

#00489E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#074D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72249b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 36, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.184 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f67b9',
    500: '#72249b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72249b;
$custom-light: #9f67b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72249b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.328,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43978,
    "c": 0.1845,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72249B

secondary

#7EBF5C

accent

#E5427B

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72249B

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

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