#72299A#72299A

#72299A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.178 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72299A
RGB	rgb(114, 41, 154)
HSL	hsl(279, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(279, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 73.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.91, 50.46, -47.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.91, 69.41, 316.63°)
OKLab	oklab(44.41% 0.1158 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(44.41% 0.178 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.5640, 7.4967, 31.2981)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72299A #519A29

analogous

#39299A #72299A #9A2989

triadic

#72299A #9A7229 #299A72

tetradic

#72299A #9A3929 #519A29 #29899A

square

#72299A #9A3929 #519A29 #29899A

split-complementary

#72299A #899A29 #299A39

monochromatic

#2A0F39 #4E1C6A #72299A #9637CA #AF67D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#72299A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#72299A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72299A

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72299A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72299A	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)

#004A9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#144F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D425F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72299a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 41, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.178 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f6ab8',
    500: '#72299a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72299a;
$custom-light: #9f6ab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72299a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.761,
    "s": 57.949,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44408,
    "c": 0.17778,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72299A

secondary

#82BD62

accent

#E1477D

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0711

muted

#7F7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #72299A

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

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