#74279E#74279E

#74279E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.185 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74279E
RGB	rgb(116, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(279, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(279, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 75.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.21, 52.58, -49.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.21, 72.28, 316.67°)
OKLab	oklab(44.77% 0.1199 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(44.77% 0.185 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.0983, 7.6330, 33.0718)
Luminance	0.0763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74279E #519E27

analogous

#39279E #74279E #9E278C

triadic

#74279E #9E7427 #279E74

tetradic

#74279E #9E3927 #519E27 #278C9E

square

#74279E #9E3927 #519E27 #278C9E

split-complementary

#74279E #8C9E27 #279E39

monochromatic

#2C0F3C #501B6D #74279E #9735CD #B166D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#74279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#74279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74279E

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74279E	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C4F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E4361

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.185 310.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.824,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4477,
    "c": 0.18468,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74279E

secondary

#83BF62

accent

#E4447C

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #74279E

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

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