#74238B#74238B

#74238B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.171 H 317.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74238B
RGB	rgb(116, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(287, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(287, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.30, 50.14, -41.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.30, 64.79, 320.70°)
OKLab	oklab(42.99% 0.1265 -0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(42.99% 0.171 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.4630, 6.7797, 25.0732)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74238B #3A8B23

analogous

#40238B #74238B #8B236E

triadic

#74238B #8B7423 #238B74

tetradic

#74238B #8B4023 #3A8B23 #236E8B

square

#74238B #8B4023 #3A8B23 #236E8B

split-complementary

#74238B #6E8B23 #238B40

monochromatic

#220A29 #4B175A #74238B #9D2FBC #B854D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#74238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#74238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74238B

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74238B	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#264C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#733855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.171 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a067ad',
    500: '#74238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74238b;
$custom-light: #a067ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.731,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4299,
    "c": 0.1712,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74238B

secondary

#68B852

accent

#E34568

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #74238B

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

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