#72289A#72289A

#72289A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.179 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72289A
RGB	rgb(114, 40, 154)
HSL	hsl(279, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(279, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 74%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.76, 50.88, -47.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.76, 69.88, 316.73°)
OKLab	oklab(44.3% 0.1168 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(44.3% 0.179 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.5298, 7.4284, 31.2867)
Luminance	0.0743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72289A #509A28

analogous

#39289A #72289A #9A2889

triadic

#72289A #9A7228 #289A72

tetradic

#72289A #9A3928 #509A28 #28899A

square

#72289A #9A3928 #509A28 #28899A

split-complementary

#72289A #899A28 #289A39

monochromatic

#2A0F39 #4E1B69 #72289A #9635CA #AF65D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#72289A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#72289A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72289A

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72289A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72289A	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)

#004A9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#134E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D425F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72289a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 40, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.179 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f69b8',
    500: '#72289a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72289a;
$custom-light: #9f69b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72289a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.947,
    "s": 58.763,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44302,
    "c": 0.17897,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72289A

secondary

#81BD61

accent

#E2467D

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0711

muted

#7F7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #72289A

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

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