#72259E#72259E

#72259E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.186 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72259E
RGB	rgb(114, 37, 158)
HSL	hsl(278, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(278, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 76.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.63, 52.99, -50.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.63, 73.23, 316.35°)
OKLab	oklab(44.3% 0.119 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(44.3% 0.186 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.7713, 7.3694, 33.0381)
Luminance	0.0737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72259E #519E25

analogous

#36259E #72259E #9E258D

triadic

#72259E #9E7225 #259E72

tetradic

#72259E #9E3625 #519E25 #258D9E

square

#72259E #9E3625 #519E25 #258D9E

split-complementary

#72259E #8D9E25 #259E36

monochromatic

#2A0E3B #4E196C #72259E #9631CF #AF63DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#72259E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#72259E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72259E

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72259E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72259E	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C4260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72259e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 37, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.186 309.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72259e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44304,
    "c": 0.18631,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72259E

secondary

#82C05F

accent

#E5437E

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72259E

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

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