#72249C#72249C

#72249C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.185 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72249C
RGB	rgb(114, 36, 156)
HSL	hsl(279, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(279, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 76.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.35, 52.94, -49.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.35, 72.67, 316.75°)
OKLab	oklab(44.05% 0.1203 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(44.05% 0.185 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.5699, 7.2398, 32.1286)
Luminance	0.0724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72249C #4E9C24

analogous

#36249C #72249C #9C248A

triadic

#72249C #9C7224 #249C72

tetradic

#72249C #9C3624 #4E9C24 #248A9C

square

#72249C #9C3624 #4E9C24 #248A9C

split-complementary

#72249C #8A9C24 #249C36

monochromatic

#290D39 #4E196A #72249C #962FCE #B060DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#72249C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#72249C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72249C

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72249C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72249C	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#044D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C415F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72249c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 36, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.185 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f68ba',
    500: '#72249c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72249c;
$custom-light: #9f68ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72249c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44054,
    "c": 0.18546,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72249C

secondary

#7FBF5C

accent

#E6427B

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72249C

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

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