#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
RGB	rgb(114, 37, 156)
HSL	hsl(279, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(279, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 76.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.48, 52.54, -49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.48, 72.24, 316.67°)
OKLab	oklab(44.15% 0.1194 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(44.15% 0.184 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.6006, 7.3012, 32.1388)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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
##72259C	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #72259C

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

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