#72259D#72259D

#72259D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.185 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72259D
RGB	rgb(114, 37, 157)
HSL	hsl(279, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(279, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 76.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.56, 52.76, -50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.56, 72.73, 316.51°)
OKLab	oklab(44.23% 0.1192 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(44.23% 0.185 310)
XYZ	xyz(13.6856, 7.3352, 32.5866)
Luminance	0.0733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72259D #509D25

analogous

#36259D #72259D #9D258C

triadic

#72259D #9D7225 #259D72

tetradic

#72259D #9D3625 #509D25 #258C9D

square

#72259D #9D3625 #509D25 #258C9D

split-complementary

#72259D #8C9D25 #259D36

monochromatic

#2A0E3A #4E196B #72259D #9631CE #AF62DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#72259D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#72259D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72259D

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72259D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72259D	1.00	8.51	2.47	8.51
#FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#034E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C4260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72259d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 37, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.185 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f68bb',
    500: '#72259d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72259d;
$custom-light: #9f68bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72259d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.5,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44227,
    "c": 0.18533,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.07335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72259D

secondary

#81BF5E

accent

#E5437D

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72259D

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

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