#7272E2#7272E2

#7272E2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.166 H 280.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7272E2
RGB	rgb(114, 114, 226)
HSL	hsl(240, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(240, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 49.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.06, 29.71, -57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.06, 64.50, 297.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% 0.0295 -0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.166 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6800, 21.1015, 74.6039)
Luminance	0.2110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#7272E2 #E2E272

analogous

#72AAE2 #7272E2 #AA72E2

triadic

#7272E2 #E27272 #72E272

tetradic

#7272E2 #E272AA #E2E272 #72E2AA

square

#7272E2 #E272AA #E2E272 #72E2AA

split-complementary

#7272E2 #E2AA72 #AAE272

monochromatic

#2525B4 #3F3FD8 #7272E2 #A5A5EC #D8D8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#7272E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#7272E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7272E2

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7272E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7272E2	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D83E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#337BE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#478A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7272e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 114, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.166 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a19aec',
    500: '#7272e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7272e2;
$custom-light: #a19aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7272e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60706,
    "c": 0.16572,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7272E2

secondary

#EAEAC6

accent

#CE18CE

background

#FAF9FE

surface

#F4F2FD

border

#CECCD5

text

#100E16

muted

#7F7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #7272E2

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

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