#74279D#74279D

#74279D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.184 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74279D
RGB	rgb(116, 39, 157)
HSL	hsl(279, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(279, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 75.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.13, 52.36, -49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.13, 71.79, 316.83°)
OKLab	oklab(44.69% 0.12 -0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(44.69% 0.184 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.0126, 7.5987, 32.6203)
Luminance	0.0760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74279D #509D27

analogous

#39279D #74279D #9D278B

triadic

#74279D #9D7427 #279D74

tetradic

#74279D #9D3927 #509D27 #278B9D

square

#74279D #9D3927 #509D27 #278B9D

split-complementary

#74279D #8B9D27 #279D39

monochromatic

#2C0F3B #501B6C #74279D #9835CD #B166D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#74279D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#74279D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74279D

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74279D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74279D	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F4F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F4260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74279d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 39, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.184 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a069bb',
    500: '#74279d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74279d;
$custom-light: #a069bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74279d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.153,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44694,
    "c": 0.18371,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74279D

secondary

#82BF61

accent

#E3447C

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #74279D

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

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