#72299D#72299D

#72299D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.181 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72299D
RGB	rgb(114, 41, 157)
HSL	hsl(278, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(278, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 73.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.13, 51.13, -49.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.13, 70.91, 316.14°)
OKLab	oklab(44.63% 0.1153 -0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(44.63% 0.181 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.8170, 7.5979, 32.6304)
Luminance	0.0760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72299D #549D29

analogous

#38299D #72299D #9D298E

triadic

#72299D #9D7229 #299D72

tetradic

#72299D #9D3829 #549D29 #298E9D

square

#72299D #9D3829 #549D29 #298E9D

split-complementary

#72299D #8E9D29 #299D38

monochromatic

#2C103C #4F1C6C #72299D #9538CB #AF69D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#72299D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#72299D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72299D

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#004BA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D4F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C4461

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72299d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 41, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.181 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f6abb',
    500: '#72299d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72299d;
$custom-light: #9f6abb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72299d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.759,
    "s": 58.586,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44632,
    "c": 0.18077,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72299D

secondary

#85BE64

accent

#E24680

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72299D

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

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