#72269B#72269B

#72269B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.182 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72269B
RGB	rgb(114, 38, 155)
HSL	hsl(279, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(279, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 75.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.55, 51.93, -48.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.55, 71.30, 316.74°)
OKLab	oklab(44.17% 0.1186 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(44.17% 0.182 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.5478, 7.3305, 31.7052)
Luminance	0.0733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72269B #4F9B26

analogous

#37269B #72269B #9B268A

triadic

#72269B #9B7226 #269B72

tetradic

#72269B #9B3726 #4F9B26 #268A9B

square

#72269B #9B3726 #4F9B26 #268A9B

split-complementary

#72269B #8A9B26 #269B37

monochromatic

#2A0E39 #4E1A6A #72269B #9632CC #AF63D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#72269B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#72269B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72269B

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72269B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72269B	1.00	8.52	2.47	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C4E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C415F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72269b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 38, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.182 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f68b9',
    500: '#72269b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72269b;
$custom-light: #9f68b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72269b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.974,
    "s": 60.622,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44173,
    "c": 0.18228,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72269B

secondary

#80BE5F

accent

#E4447C

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72269B

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

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