#72289E#72289E

#72289E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.183 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72289E
RGB	rgb(114, 40, 158)
HSL	hsl(278, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(278, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 74.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.06, 51.77, -49.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.06, 71.88, 316.08°)
OKLab	oklab(44.6% 0.1162 -0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(44.6% 0.183 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.8685, 7.5639, 33.0705)
Luminance	0.0756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72289E #549E28

analogous

#37289E #72289E #9E288F

triadic

#72289E #9E7228 #289E72

tetradic

#72289E #9E3728 #549E28 #288F9E

square

#72289E #9E3728 #549E28 #288F9E

split-complementary

#72289E #8F9E28 #289E37

monochromatic

#2C0F3C #4F1C6D #72289E #9537CC #AF68D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#72289E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#72289E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72289E

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72289E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72289E	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#074F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C4461

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72289e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 40, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.183 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f6abb',
    500: '#72289e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72289e;
$custom-light: #9f6abb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72289e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.627,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44604,
    "c": 0.18294,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72289E

secondary

#85BF63

accent

#E34580

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72289E

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

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