#72259F#72259F

#72259F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.187 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72259F
RGB	rgb(114, 37, 159)
HSL	hsl(278, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(278, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 76.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.71, 53.21, -51.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.71, 73.72, 316.20°)
OKLab	oklab(44.38% 0.1188 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(44.38% 0.187 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.8577, 7.4040, 33.4933)
Luminance	0.0740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72259F #529F25

analogous

#35259F #72259F #9F258F

triadic

#72259F #9F7225 #259F72

tetradic

#72259F #9F3525 #529F25 #258F9F

square

#72259F #9F3525 #529F25 #258F9F

split-complementary

#72259F #8F9F25 #259F35

monochromatic

#2B0E3C #4E196D #72259F #9532CF #AF64DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#72259F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#72259F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72259F

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72259F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72259F	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B4261

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72259f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 37, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.187 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f68bc',
    500: '#72259f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72259f;
$custom-light: #9f68bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72259f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.869,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44382,
    "c": 0.18727,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72259F

secondary

#83C05F

accent

#E5427F

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72259F

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

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