#74237E#74237E

#74237E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.159 H 323.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74237E
RGB	rgb(116, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(293, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(293, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.45, 47.56, -34.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.45, 58.63, 324.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% 0.1274 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.159 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5690, 6.4221, 20.3648)
Luminance	0.0642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74237E #2D7E23

analogous

#47237E #74237E #7E235B

triadic

#74237E #7E7423 #237E74

tetradic

#74237E #7E4723 #2D7E23 #235B7E

square

#74237E #7E4723 #2D7E23 #235B7E

split-complementary

#74237E #5B7E23 #237E47

monochromatic

#1C081E #48164E #74237E #A030AE #C04ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#74237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#74237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74237E

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74237E	1.00	9.19	2.28	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#054281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#314B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76334E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.159 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f66a4',
    500: '#74237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74237e;
$custom-light: #9f66a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.407,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42115,
    "c": 0.15927,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74237E

secondary

#57B04C

accent

#E04859

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F060F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #74237E

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

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