#74237D#74237D

#74237D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.158 H 323.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74237D
RGB	rgb(116, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(294, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(294, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.39, 47.37, -33.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.39, 58.17, 324.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.05% 0.1274 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(42.05% 0.158 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5048, 6.3964, 20.0267)
Luminance	0.0640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74237D #2C7D23

analogous

#47237D #74237D #7D2359

triadic

#74237D #7D7423 #237D74

tetradic

#74237D #7D4723 #2C7D23 #23597D

square

#74237D #7D4723 #2C7D23 #23597D

split-complementary

#74237D #597D23 #237D47

monochromatic

#1B081D #48164D #74237D #A030AD #C04DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#74237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#74237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74237D

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74237D	1.00	9.21	2.28	9.21
#FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#074180

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#324B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76324D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.158 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f66a3',
    500: '#74237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74237d;
$custom-light: #9f66a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4205,
    "c": 0.15838,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74237D

secondary

#56AF4C

accent

#E04857

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #74237D

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

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