#72269F#72269F

#72269F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.186 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72269F
RGB	rgb(114, 38, 159)
HSL	hsl(278, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(278, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 76.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.85, 52.81, -50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.85, 73.28, 316.11°)
OKLab	oklab(44.48% 0.1179 -0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(44.48% 0.186 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.8893, 7.4671, 33.5038)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72269F #539F26

analogous

#35269F #72269F #9F268F

triadic

#72269F #9F7226 #269F72

tetradic

#72269F #9F3526 #539F26 #268F9F

square

#72269F #9F3526 #539F26 #268F9F

split-complementary

#72269F #8F9F26 #269F35

monochromatic

#2B0E3C #4F1A6E #72269F #9534CE #AF65DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#72269F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#72269F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72269F

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72269F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72269F	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B4361

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72269f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 38, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.186 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f69bc',
    500: '#72269f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72269f;
$custom-light: #9f69bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72269f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.686,
    "s": 61.421,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44479,
    "c": 0.18618,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72269F

secondary

#84C061

accent

#E5437F

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72269F

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

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