#74299C#74299C

#74299C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.180 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74299C
RGB	rgb(116, 41, 156)
HSL	hsl(279, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(279, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 73.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.35, 51.32, -48.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.35, 70.37, 316.82°)
OKLab	oklab(44.83% 0.1182 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(44.83% 0.18 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.9950, 7.6995, 32.1950)
Luminance	0.0770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74299C #519C29

analogous

#3A299C #74299C #9C298A

triadic

#74299C #9C7429 #299C74

tetradic

#74299C #9C3A29 #519C29 #298A9C

square

#74299C #9C3A29 #519C29 #298A9C

split-complementary

#74299C #8A9C29 #299C3A

monochromatic

#2C103B #501C6C #74299C #9738CB #B168D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#74299C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#74299C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74299C

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74299C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74299C	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15509A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F4360

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74299c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 41, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.180 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a06aba',
    500: '#74299c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74299c;
$custom-light: #a06aba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74299c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 58.376,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44825,
    "c": 0.1804,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74299C

secondary

#83BE63

accent

#E2467C

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #74299C

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

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