#742B97#742B97

#742B97 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.173 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#742B97
RGB	rgb(116, 43, 151)
HSL	hsl(281, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(281, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 71.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.30, 49.36, -45.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.30, 66.92, 317.52°)
OKLab	oklab(44.68% 0.1168 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(44.68% 0.173 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.6512, 7.6755, 30.0346)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#742B97 #4E972B

analogous

#3E2B97 #742B97 #972B84

triadic

#742B97 #97742B #2B9774

tetradic

#742B97 #973E2B #4E972B #2B8497

square

#742B97 #973E2B #4E972B #2B8497

split-complementary

#742B97 #84972B #2B973E

monochromatic

#2B1038 #4F1D67 #742B97 #9939C7 #B168D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#742B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#742B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #742B97

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##742B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##742B97	1.00	8.28	2.53	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#205095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #742b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 43, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.173 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a06bb6',
    500: '#742b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #742b97;
$custom-light: #a06bb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#742b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.556,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44675,
    "c": 0.17297,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#742B97

secondary

#80BB63

accent

#DF4979

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4ECF6

border

#CEC7D0

text

#0F0711

muted

#7F7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #742B97

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

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