#74299B#74299B

#74299B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.179 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74299B
RGB	rgb(116, 41, 155)
HSL	hsl(279, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(279, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 73.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.28, 51.10, -47.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.28, 69.88, 316.99°)
OKLab	oklab(44.75% 0.1184 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(44.75% 0.179 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.9107, 7.6658, 31.7508)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74299B #509B29

analogous

#3B299B #74299B #9B2989

triadic

#74299B #9B7429 #299B74

tetradic

#74299B #9B3B29 #509B29 #29899B

square

#74299B #9B3B29 #509B29 #29899B

split-complementary

#74299B #899B29 #299B3B

monochromatic

#2C0F3A #501C6B #74299B #9837CA #B167D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#74299B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#74299B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74299B

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74299B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74299B	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#175099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F4360

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74299b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 41, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.179 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a06ab9',
    500: '#74299b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74299b;
$custom-light: #a06ab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74299b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.474,
    "s": 58.163,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4475,
    "c": 0.17941,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74299B

secondary

#82BD63

accent

#E1467B

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0711

muted

#7F7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #74299B

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

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