#72249D#72249D

#72249D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.186 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72249D
RGB	rgb(114, 36, 157)
HSL	hsl(279, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(279, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 77.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.42, 53.15, -50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.42, 73.17, 316.59°)
OKLab	oklab(44.13% 0.1201 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(44.13% 0.186 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.6549, 7.2738, 32.5764)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72249D #4F9D24

analogous

#36249D #72249D #9D248B

triadic

#72249D #9D7224 #249D72

tetradic

#72249D #9D3624 #4F9D24 #248B9D

square

#72249D #9D3624 #4F9D24 #248B9D

split-complementary

#72249D #8B9D24 #249D36

monochromatic

#2A0D39 #4E196B #72249D #962FCF #AF61DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#72249D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#72249D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72249D

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72249D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72249D	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C415F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72249d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 36, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.186 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f68bb',
    500: '#72249d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72249d;
$custom-light: #9f68bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72249d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.678,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44131,
    "c": 0.18641,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72249D

secondary

#80C05D

accent

#E6427C

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72249D

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

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