#742E6F#742E6F

#742E6F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.130 H 330.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#742E6F
RGB	rgb(116, 46, 111)
HSL	hsl(304, 43%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(304, 60%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 4.3%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.38, 39.78, -23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.38, 46.12, 329.61°)
OKLab	oklab(42.51% 0.1127 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(42.51% 0.13 330.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.0486, 6.8154, 15.7694)
Luminance	0.0682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#742E6F #2E7433

analogous

#562E74 #742E6F #742E4C

triadic

#742E6F #6F742E #2E6F74

tetradic

#742E6F #74562E #2E7433 #2E4C74

square

#742E6F #74562E #2E7433 #2E4C74

split-complementary

#742E6F #4C742E #2E7456

monochromatic

#1C0B1B #481D45 #742E6F #A03F99 #BF5DB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#742E6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#742E6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #742E6F

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##742E6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##742E6F	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A4471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#404D6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #742e6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 46, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.130 330.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e6b98',
    500: '#742e6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #742e6f;
$custom-light: #9e6b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#742e6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.286,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42513,
    "c": 0.12963,
    "h": 330.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#742E6F

secondary

#59A55E

accent

#D35E55

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F2EBF2

border

#CCC6CC

text

#0F070D

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #742E6F

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