#72269A#72269A

#72269A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.181 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72269A
RGB	rgb(114, 38, 154)
HSL	hsl(279, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(279, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 75.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.47, 51.71, -48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.47, 70.80, 316.91°)
OKLab	oklab(44.1% 0.1188 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(44.1% 0.181 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.4642, 7.2971, 31.2648)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72269A #4E9A26

analogous

#38269A #72269A #9A2688

triadic

#72269A #9A7226 #269A72

tetradic

#72269A #9A3826 #4E9A26 #26889A

square

#72269A #9A3826 #4E9A26 #26889A

split-complementary

#72269A #889A26 #269A38

monochromatic

#290E38 #4E1A69 #72269A #9632CB #B062D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#72269A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#72269A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72269A

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72269A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72269A	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)

#00499D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F4E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D415E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72269a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 38, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.181 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f68b8',
    500: '#72269a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72269a;
$custom-light: #9f68b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72269a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.31,
    "s": 60.417,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44097,
    "c": 0.1813,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72269A

secondary

#7FBE5E

accent

#E4447B

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0711

muted

#7F7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #72269A

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

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