#72259B#72259B

#72259B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.183 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72259B
RGB	rgb(114, 37, 155)
HSL	hsl(279, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(279, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 76.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.41, 52.33, -49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.41, 71.75, 316.83°)
OKLab	oklab(44.07% 0.1196 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(44.07% 0.183 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.5162, 7.2674, 31.6947)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72259B #4E9B25

analogous

#37259B #72259B #9B2589

triadic

#72259B #9B7225 #259B72

tetradic

#72259B #9B3725 #4E9B25 #25899B

square

#72259B #9B3725 #4E9B25 #25899B

split-complementary

#72259B #899B25 #259B37

monochromatic

#290D38 #4E196A #72259B #9631CC #B061D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#72259B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#72259B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72259B

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#00499E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A4D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C415F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72259b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 37, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.183 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f68b9',
    500: '#72259b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72259b;
$custom-light: #9f68b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72259b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.153,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44074,
    "c": 0.18339,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72259B

secondary

#7FBF5D

accent

#E5437B

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72259B

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

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