#72289B#72289B

#72289B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.180 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72289B
RGB	rgb(114, 40, 155)
HSL	hsl(279, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(279, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 74.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.84, 51.11, -48.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.84, 70.38, 316.56°)
OKLab	oklab(44.38% 0.1167 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(44.38% 0.18 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.6135, 7.4619, 31.7271)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72289B #519B28

analogous

#39289B #72289B #9B288A

triadic

#72289B #9B7228 #289B72

tetradic

#72289B #9B3928 #519B28 #288A9B

square

#72289B #9B3928 #519B28 #288A9B

split-complementary

#72289B #8A9B28 #289B39

monochromatic

#2A0F3A #4E1B6A #72289B #9635CB #AF66D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#72289B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#72289B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72289B

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72289B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72289B	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#104E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C425F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72289b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 40, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.180 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f69b9',
    500: '#72289b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72289b;
$custom-light: #9f69b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72289b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.609,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44377,
    "c": 0.17996,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72289B

secondary

#82BD61

accent

#E2467D

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72289B

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

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