#742E6A#742E6A

#742E6A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.125 H 333.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#742E6A
RGB	rgb(116, 46, 106)
HSL	hsl(309, 43%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(309, 60%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 8.6%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.13, 38.87, -20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.13, 43.96, 332.15°)
OKLab	oklab(42.25% 0.112 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(42.25% 0.125 333.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.7810, 6.7084, 14.3599)
Luminance	0.0671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#742E6A #2E7438

analogous

#5B2E74 #742E6A #742E47

triadic

#742E6A #6A742E #2E6A74

tetradic

#742E6A #745B2E #2E7438 #2E4774

square

#742E6A #745B2E #2E7438 #2E4774

split-complementary

#742E6A #47742E #2E745B

monochromatic

#1C0B1A #481D42 #742E6A #A03F92 #BF5DB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#742E6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#742E6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #742E6A

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##742E6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##742E6A	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D436C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424D68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#793347

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #742e6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 46, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.125 333.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e6b95',
    500: '#742e6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #742e6a;
$custom-light: #9e6b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#742e6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42249,
    "c": 0.12516,
    "h": 333.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#742E6A

secondary

#59A563

accent

#D36755

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F2EBF1

border

#CCC6CB

text

#0F070D

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #742E6A

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

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