#72299F#72299F

#72299F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.183 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72299F
RGB	rgb(114, 41, 159)
HSL	hsl(277, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(277, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 74.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.28, 51.58, -50.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.28, 71.91, 315.83°)
OKLab	oklab(44.78% 0.115 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(44.78% 0.183 309)
XYZ	xyz(13.9891, 7.6667, 33.5371)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72299F #569F29

analogous

#37299F #72299F #9F2991

triadic

#72299F #9F7229 #299F72

tetradic

#72299F #9F3729 #569F29 #29919F

square

#72299F #9F3729 #569F29 #29919F

split-complementary

#72299F #919F29 #299F37

monochromatic

#2C103E #4F1C6E #72299F #9439CC #AE6AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#72299F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#72299F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72299F

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72299F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72299F	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#064F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B4462

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72299f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 41, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.183 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f6abc',
    500: '#72299f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72299f;
$custom-light: #9f6abc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72299f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.119,
    "s": 59,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44784,
    "c": 0.18277,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.07666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72299F

secondary

#87BF65

accent

#E24681

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72299F

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

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