#74238A#74238A

#74238A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.170 H 318.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74238A
RGB	rgb(116, 35, 138)
HSL	hsl(287, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(287, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 74.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.23, 49.94, -40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.23, 64.31, 320.94°)
OKLab	oklab(42.92% 0.1266 -0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(42.92% 0.17 318)
XYZ	xyz(12.3903, 6.7506, 24.6902)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74238A #398A23

analogous

#40238A #74238A #8A236D

triadic

#74238A #8A7423 #238A74

tetradic

#74238A #8A4023 #398A23 #236D8A

square

#74238A #8A4023 #398A23 #236D8A

split-complementary

#74238A #6D8A23 #238A40

monochromatic

#220A28 #4B1759 #74238A #9D2FBB #B854D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#74238A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#74238A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74238A

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74238A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74238A	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#274C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#733854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74238a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 35, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.170 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f66ad',
    500: '#74238a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74238a;
$custom-light: #9f66ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74238a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.184,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4292,
    "c": 0.17026,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.0675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74238A

secondary

#67B751

accent

#E34567

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #74238A

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

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