#742E72#742E72

#742E72 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.132 H 328.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#742E72
RGB	rgb(116, 46, 114)
HSL	hsl(302, 43%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(302, 60%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 1.7%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.54, 40.35, -25.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.54, 47.46, 328.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.68% 0.1131 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(42.68% 0.132 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.2166, 6.8826, 16.6540)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#742E72 #2E7430

analogous

#532E74 #742E72 #742E4F

triadic

#742E72 #72742E #2E7274

tetradic

#742E72 #74532E #2E7430 #2E4F74

square

#742E72 #74532E #2E7430 #2E4F74

split-complementary

#742E72 #4F742E #2E7453

monochromatic

#1C0B1C #481D47 #742E72 #A03F9D #BF5DBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#742E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#742E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #742E72

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##742E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##742E72	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#284474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F4E70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #742e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 46, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.132 328.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e6b9b',
    500: '#742e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #742e72;
$custom-light: #9e6b9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#742e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.714,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42677,
    "c": 0.13238,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#742E72

secondary

#59A55B

accent

#D35855

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F2EBF2

border

#CCC6CC

text

#0F070E

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #742E72

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

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