#74178D#74178D

#74178D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.185 H 317.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74178D
RGB	rgb(116, 23, 141)
HSL	hsl(287, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(287, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 83.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.03, 54.60, -44.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.03, 70.32, 320.93°)
OKLab	oklab(42.14% 0.1367 -0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(42.14% 0.185 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.3159, 6.2494, 25.7517)
Luminance	0.0625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74178D #308D17

analogous

#39178D #74178D #8D176B

triadic

#74178D #8D7417 #178D74

tetradic

#74178D #8D3917 #308D17 #176B8D

square

#74178D #8D3917 #308D17 #176B8D

split-complementary

#74178D #6B8D17 #178D39

monochromatic

#1D0624 #490E58 #74178D #9F20C2 #BE3FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#74178D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#74178D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74178D

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74178D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74178D	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B498B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#733354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74178d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 23, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.185 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a062af',
    500: '#74178d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74178d;
$custom-light: #a062af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74178d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.288,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4214,
    "c": 0.18514,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74178D

secondary

#5BC040

accent

#EF3960

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF5

border

#CEC6CF

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #74178D

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

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