#74259E#74259E

#74259E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.187 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74259E
RGBrgb(116, 37, 158)
HSLhsl(279, 62%, 38%)
HSVhsv(279, 77%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(26.6%, 76.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LABlab(32.93, 53.37, -50.05)
CIE-LCHlch(32.93, 73.16, 316.84°)
OKLaboklab(44.58% 0.1217 -0.1418)
OKLCHoklch(44.58% 0.187 310.6)
XYZxyz(14.0344, 7.5051, 33.0504)
Luminance0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74259E #4F9E25
analogous
#38259E #74259E #9E258B
triadic
#74259E #9E7425 #259E74
tetradic
#74259E #9E3825 #4F9E25 #258B9E
square
#74259E #9E3825 #4F9E25 #258B9E
split-complementary
#74259E #8B9E25 #259E38
monochromatic
#2B0E3B #50196C #74259E #9831CF #B163DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40
#74259E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50
#74259E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74259E
8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74259E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##74259E1.008.402.508.40
#FFFFFF8.401.0021.001.00
#0000002.5021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.401.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#004AA1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#074F9B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#6E4260
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74259e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 37, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.187 310.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a068bb',
    500: '#74259e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74259e;
$custom-light: #a068bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74259e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.174,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44575,
    "c": 0.1869,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74259E
secondary
#81C05F
accent
#E5437B
background
#FAF6FB
surface
#F4EBF6
border
#CEC6D0
text
#0F0712
muted
#7F7A81

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#74259E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva