#74279C#74279C

#74279C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.183 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74279C
RGB	rgb(116, 39, 156)
HSL	hsl(279, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(279, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 75%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.06, 52.14, -48.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.06, 71.29, 317.00°)
OKLab	oklab(44.62% 0.1202 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(44.62% 0.183 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.9276, 7.5647, 32.1725)
Luminance	0.0756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74279C #4F9C27

analogous

#39279C #74279C #9C2789

triadic

#74279C #9C7427 #279C74

tetradic

#74279C #9C3927 #4F9C27 #27899C

square

#74279C #9C3927 #4F9C27 #27899C

split-complementary

#74279C #899C27 #279C39

monochromatic

#2B0F3A #501B6B #74279C #9834CC #B165D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#74279C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#74279C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74279C

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74279C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74279C	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#124F9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F4260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74279c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 39, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.183 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a069ba',
    500: '#74279c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74279c;
$custom-light: #a069ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74279c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.487,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44619,
    "c": 0.18273,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74279C

secondary

#81BE61

accent

#E3457B

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #74279C

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

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