#72259A#72259A

#72259A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.182 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72259A
RGB	rgb(114, 37, 154)
HSL	hsl(279, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(279, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 76%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.33, 52.11, -48.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.33, 71.25, 317.00°)
OKLab	oklab(44% 0.1198 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(44% 0.182 311)
XYZ	xyz(13.4326, 7.2340, 31.2543)
Luminance	0.0723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72259A #4D9A25

analogous

#37259A #72259A #9A2588

triadic

#72259A #9A7225 #259A72

tetradic

#72259A #9A3725 #4D9A25 #25889A

square

#72259A #9A3725 #4D9A25 #25889A

split-complementary

#72259A #889A25 #259A37

monochromatic

#290D37 #4D1969 #72259A #9731CB #B060D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#72259A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#72259A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72259A

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72259A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72259A	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)

#00499D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D4D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72259a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 37, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.182 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f68b8',
    500: '#72259a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72259a;
$custom-light: #9f68b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72259a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.487,
    "s": 61.257,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43998,
    "c": 0.18243,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.07234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72259A

secondary

#7EBE5D

accent

#E4437A

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0711

muted

#7F7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #72259A

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

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