#72289F#72289F

#72289F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.184 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72289F
RGB	rgb(114, 40, 159)
HSL	hsl(277, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(277, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 74.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.13, 52.00, -50.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.13, 72.37, 315.93°)
OKLab	oklab(44.68% 0.116 -0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(44.68% 0.184 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.9550, 7.5985, 33.5257)
Luminance	0.0760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72289F #559F28

analogous

#37289F #72289F #9F2891

triadic

#72289F #9F7228 #289F72

tetradic

#72289F #9F3728 #559F28 #28919F

square

#72289F #9F3728 #559F28 #28919F

split-complementary

#72289F #919F28 #289F37

monochromatic

#2C0F3D #4F1C6E #72289F #9437CD #AE68D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#72289F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#72289F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72289F

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72289F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72289F	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#034F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B4461

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72289f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 40, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.184 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f6abc',
    500: '#72289f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72289f;
$custom-light: #9f6abc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72289f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.311,
    "s": 59.799,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4468,
    "c": 0.18393,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72289F

secondary

#86BF64

accent

#E34581

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72289F

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

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