#72259C#72259C

#72259C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.184 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72259C
RGBrgb(114, 37, 156)
HSLhsl(279, 62%, 38%)
HSVhsv(279, 76%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(26.9%, 76.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LABlab(32.48, 52.54, -49.57)
CIE-LCHlch(32.48, 72.24, 316.67°)
OKLaboklab(44.15% 0.1194 -0.1405)
OKLCHoklch(44.15% 0.184 310.4)
XYZxyz(13.6006, 7.3012, 32.1388)
Luminance0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72259C #4F9C25
analogous
#37259C #72259C #9C258A
triadic
#72259C #9C7225 #259C72
tetradic
#72259C #9C3725 #4F9C25 #258A9C
square
#72259C #9C3725 #4F9C25 #258A9C
split-complementary
#72259C #8A9C25 #259C37
monochromatic
#2A0E39 #4E196B #72259C #9631CD #AF62DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54
#72259C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46
#72259C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72259C
8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72259C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##72259C1.008.542.468.54
#FFFFFF8.541.0021.001.00
#0000002.4621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.541.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#00499F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#064E9A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#6C415F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72259c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 37, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.184 310.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f68ba',
    500: '#72259c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72259c;
$custom-light: #9f68ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72259c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.824,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4415,
    "c": 0.18436,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72259C
secondary
#80BF5E
accent
#E5437C
background
#FAF6FB
surface
#F4EBF6
border
#CEC6D0
text
#0F0712
muted
#7F7A81

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#72259C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva