#742E71#742E71

#742E71 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.131 H 329.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#742E71
RGB	rgb(116, 46, 113)
HSL	hsl(303, 43%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(303, 60%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 2.6%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.49, 40.16, -24.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.49, 47.01, 328.67°)
OKLab	oklab(42.62% 0.113 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(42.62% 0.131 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.1600, 6.8600, 16.3559)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#742E71 #2E7431

analogous

#542E74 #742E71 #742E4E

triadic

#742E71 #71742E #2E7174

tetradic

#742E71 #74542E #2E7431 #2E4E74

square

#742E71 #74542E #2E7431 #2E4E74

split-complementary

#742E71 #4E742E #2E7454

monochromatic

#1C0B1C #481D46 #742E71 #A03F9C #BF5DBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#742E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#742E71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #742E71

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##742E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##742E71	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#284473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F4D6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #742e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 46, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.131 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e6b9a',
    500: '#742e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #742e71;
$custom-light: #9e6b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#742e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.571,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42622,
    "c": 0.13145,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#742E71

secondary

#59A55C

accent

#D35A55

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F2EBF2

border

#CCC6CC

text

#0F070E

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #742E71

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