#742E70#742E70

#742E70 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.131 H 329.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#742E70
RGB	rgb(116, 46, 112)
HSL	hsl(303, 43%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(303, 60%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 3.4%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.43, 39.97, -23.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.43, 46.57, 329.13°)
OKLab	oklab(42.57% 0.1129 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(42.57% 0.131 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.1040, 6.8376, 16.0610)
Luminance	0.0684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#742E70 #2E7432

analogous

#552E74 #742E70 #742E4D

triadic

#742E70 #70742E #2E7074

tetradic

#742E70 #74552E #2E7432 #2E4D74

square

#742E70 #74552E #2E7432 #2E4D74

split-complementary

#742E70 #4D742E #2E7455

monochromatic

#1C0B1B #481D46 #742E70 #A03F9A #BF5DB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#742E70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#742E70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #742E70

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##742E70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##742E70	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#294472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#404D6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #742e70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 46, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.131 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e6b99',
    500: '#742e70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #742e70;
$custom-light: #9e6b99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#742e70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.429,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42568,
    "c": 0.13053,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#742E70

secondary

#59A55D

accent

#D35C55

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F2EBF2

border

#CCC6CC

text

#0F070E

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #742E70

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

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