#72299E#72299E

#72299E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.182 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72299E
RGB	rgb(114, 41, 158)
HSL	hsl(277, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(277, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 74.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.20, 51.36, -49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.20, 71.41, 315.99°)
OKLab	oklab(44.71% 0.1152 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(44.71% 0.182 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.9027, 7.6322, 33.0819)
Luminance	0.0763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72299E #559E29

analogous

#38299E #72299E #9E2990

triadic

#72299E #9E7229 #299E72

tetradic

#72299E #9E3829 #559E29 #29909E

square

#72299E #9E3829 #559E29 #29909E

split-complementary

#72299E #909E29 #299E38

monochromatic

#2C103D #4F1C6D #72299E #9439CC #AE69D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#72299E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#72299E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72299E

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72299E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72299E	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A4F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B4461

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72299e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 41, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.182 309.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72299e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.436,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44708,
    "c": 0.18177,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72299E

secondary

#86BF64

accent

#E24681

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72299E

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

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