#72279E#72279E

#72279E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.184 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72279E
RGB	rgb(114, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(278, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(278, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 75.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.91, 52.19, -50.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.91, 72.34, 316.17°)
OKLab	oklab(44.5% 0.1171 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(44.5% 0.184 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.8353, 7.4973, 33.0594)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72279E #539E27

analogous

#36279E #72279E #9E278E

triadic

#72279E #9E7227 #279E72

tetradic

#72279E #9E3627 #539E27 #278E9E

square

#72279E #9E3627 #539E27 #278E9E

split-complementary

#72279E #8E9E27 #279E36

monochromatic

#2B0F3C #4F1B6D #72279E #9535CD #AF66D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#72279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#72279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72279E

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72279E	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#044E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C4361

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.184 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f69bb',
    500: '#72279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72279e;
$custom-light: #9f69bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.815,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44502,
    "c": 0.18408,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72279E

secondary

#84BF62

accent

#E4447F

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72279E

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

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