#74299D#74299D

#74299D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.181 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74299D
RGB	rgb(116, 41, 157)
HSL	hsl(279, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(279, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 73.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.42, 51.54, -48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.42, 70.87, 316.65°)
OKLab	oklab(44.9% 0.1181 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(44.9% 0.181 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.0800, 7.7335, 32.6428)
Luminance	0.0773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74299D #529D29

analogous

#3A299D #74299D #9D298C

triadic

#74299D #9D7429 #299D74

tetradic

#74299D #9D3A29 #529D29 #298C9D

square

#74299D #9D3A29 #529D29 #298C9D

split-complementary

#74299D #8C9D29 #299D3A

monochromatic

#2C103C #501C6C #74299D #9738CB #B069D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#74299D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#74299D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74299D

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74299D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74299D	1.00	8.25	2.55	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13509B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E4361

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74299d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 41, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.181 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a06abb',
    500: '#74299d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74299d;
$custom-light: #a06abb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74299d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.793,
    "s": 58.586,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44899,
    "c": 0.18139,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74299D

secondary

#84BE64

accent

#E2467D

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #74299D

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

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