#742E6D#742E6D

#742E6D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.128 H 331.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#742E6D
RGB	rgb(116, 46, 109)
HSL	hsl(306, 43%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(306, 60%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 6%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.28, 39.41, -22.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.28, 45.25, 330.59°)
OKLab	oklab(42.41% 0.1124 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(42.41% 0.128 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.9397, 6.7719, 15.1959)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#742E6D #2E7435

analogous

#582E74 #742E6D #742E4A

triadic

#742E6D #6D742E #2E6D74

tetradic

#742E6D #74582E #2E7435 #2E4A74

square

#742E6D #74582E #2E7435 #2E4A74

split-complementary

#742E6D #4A742E #2E7458

monochromatic

#1C0B1B #481D44 #742E6D #A03F96 #BF5DB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#742E6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#742E6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #742E6D

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##742E6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##742E6D	1.00	8.92	2.35	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B436F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#414D6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#793449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #742e6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 46, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.128 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e6b97',
    500: '#742e6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #742e6d;
$custom-light: #9e6b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#742e6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42406,
    "c": 0.12782,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#742E6D

secondary

#59A560

accent

#D36155

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F2EBF2

border

#CCC6CC

text

#0F070D

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #742E6D

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