#74279B#74279B

#74279B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.182 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74279B
RGB	rgb(116, 39, 155)
HSL	hsl(280, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(280, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 74.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.99, 51.92, -48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.99, 70.80, 317.17°)
OKLab	oklab(44.54% 0.1204 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(44.54% 0.182 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.8433, 7.5310, 31.7284)
Luminance	0.0753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74279B #4E9B27

analogous

#3A279B #74279B #9B2788

triadic

#74279B #9B7427 #279B74

tetradic

#74279B #9B3A27 #4E9B27 #27889B

square

#74279B #9B3A27 #4E9B27 #27889B

split-complementary

#74279B #889B27 #279B3A

monochromatic

#2B0E39 #4F1B6A #74279B #9933CC #B164D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#74279B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#74279B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74279B

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74279B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74279B	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#144F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F415F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74279b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 39, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.182 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a069b9',
    500: '#74279b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74279b;
$custom-light: #a069b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74279b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.828,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44544,
    "c": 0.18177,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74279B

secondary

#80BE60

accent

#E3457A

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0711

muted

#7F7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #74279B

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

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