#72279C#72279C

#72279C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.182 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72279C
RGB	rgb(114, 39, 156)
HSL	hsl(278, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(278, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 75%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.76, 51.74, -49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.76, 71.34, 316.49°)
OKLab	oklab(44.35% 0.1175 -0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(44.35% 0.182 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.6645, 7.4290, 32.1602)
Luminance	0.0743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72279C #519C27

analogous

#38279C #72279C #9C278B

triadic

#72279C #9C7227 #279C72

tetradic

#72279C #9C3827 #519C27 #278B9C

square

#72279C #9C3827 #519C27 #278B9C

split-complementary

#72279C #8B9C27 #279C38

monochromatic

#2A0F3A #4E1B6B #72279C #9634CC #AF65D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#72279C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#72279C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72279C

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72279C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72279C	1.00	8.45	2.49	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B4E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C4260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72279c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 39, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.182 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f69ba',
    500: '#72279c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72279c;
$custom-light: #9f69ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72279c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.462,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44349,
    "c": 0.18211,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72279C

secondary

#82BE61

accent

#E3457E

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72279C

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

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