#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
RGB	rgb(116, 37, 158)
HSL	hsl(279, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(279, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 76.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.93, 53.37, -50.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.93, 73.16, 316.84°)
OKLab	oklab(44.58% 0.1217 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(44.58% 0.187 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.0344, 7.5051, 33.0504)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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
##74259E	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #74259E

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

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