#74238E#74238E

#74238E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.174 H 316.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74238E
RGB	rgb(116, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(285, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(285, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.51, 50.75, -42.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.51, 66.23, 320.02°)
OKLab	oklab(43.2% 0.1262 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(43.2% 0.174 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.6852, 6.8686, 26.2435)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74238E #3D8E23

analogous

#3F238E #74238E #8E2372

triadic

#74238E #8E7423 #238E74

tetradic

#74238E #8E3F23 #3D8E23 #23728E

square

#74238E #8E3F23 #3D8E23 #23728E

split-complementary

#74238E #728E23 #238E3F

monochromatic

#240B2C #4C175D #74238E #9C2FBF #B656D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#74238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#74238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74238E

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74238E	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#234C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#723A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.174 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a067b0',
    500: '#74238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74238e;
$custom-light: #a067b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.421,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43202,
    "c": 0.17399,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74238E

secondary

#6CB953

accent

#E4446B

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF5

border

#CEC6CF

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #74238E

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

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