#72269C#72269C

#72269C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.183 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72269C
RGB	rgb(114, 38, 156)
HSL	hsl(279, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(279, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 75.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.62, 52.15, -49.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.62, 71.79, 316.58°)
OKLab	oklab(44.25% 0.1184 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(44.25% 0.183 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.6321, 7.3642, 32.1494)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72269C #509C26

analogous

#37269C #72269C #9C268B

triadic

#72269C #9C7226 #269C72

tetradic

#72269C #9C3726 #509C26 #268B9C

square

#72269C #9C3726 #509C26 #268B9C

split-complementary

#72269C #8B9C26 #269C37

monochromatic

#2A0E3A #4E1A6B #72269C #9632CD #AF63D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#72269C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#72269C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72269C

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#00499F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#094E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C425F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72269c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 38, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.183 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f68ba',
    500: '#72269c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72269c;
$custom-light: #9f68ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72269c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.644,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44249,
    "c": 0.18325,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72269C

secondary

#81BF5F

accent

#E4447D

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72269C

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

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