#74238D#74238D

#74238D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.173 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74238D
RGB	rgb(116, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(286, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(286, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.44, 50.55, -42.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.44, 65.75, 320.24°)
OKLab	oklab(43.13% 0.1263 -0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(43.13% 0.173 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.6105, 6.8387, 25.8499)
Luminance	0.0684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74238D #3C8D23

analogous

#3F238D #74238D #8D2371

triadic

#74238D #8D7423 #238D74

tetradic

#74238D #8D3F23 #3C8D23 #23718D

square

#74238D #8D3F23 #3C8D23 #23718D

split-complementary

#74238D #718D23 #238D3F

monochromatic

#230B2B #4C175C #74238D #9C2FBE #B755D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#74238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#74238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74238D

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74238D	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#244C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#733956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.173 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a067af',
    500: '#74238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74238d;
$custom-light: #a067af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.849,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43131,
    "c": 0.17306,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74238D

secondary

#6BB953

accent

#E3446A

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #74238D

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

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