#74237C#74237C

#74237C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.157 H 324.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74237C
RGB	rgb(116, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(295, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(295, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 71.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.33, 47.18, -33.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.33, 57.70, 324.85°)
OKLab	oklab(41.99% 0.1275 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(41.99% 0.157 324)
XYZ	xyz(11.4413, 6.3710, 19.6920)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74237C #2B7C23

analogous

#47237C #74237C #7C2357

triadic

#74237C #7C7423 #237C74

tetradic

#74237C #7C4723 #2B7C23 #23577C

square

#74237C #7C4723 #2B7C23 #23577C

split-complementary

#74237C #577C23 #237C47

monochromatic

#1B081D #47164C #74237C #A130AC #C14DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#74237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#74237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74237C

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74237C	1.00	9.23	2.27	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A417F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#334B7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76324D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.157 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f66a2',
    500: '#74237c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74237c;
$custom-light: #9f66a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.607,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41986,
    "c": 0.15748,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.0637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74237C

secondary

#55AF4C

accent

#DF4956

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF3

border

#CEC6CD

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #74237C

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

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