#742E73#742E73

#742E73 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.133 H 328.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#742E73
RGB	rgb(116, 46, 115)
HSL	hsl(301, 43%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(301, 60%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 0.9%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.59, 40.53, -25.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.59, 47.91, 327.78°)
OKLab	oklab(42.73% 0.1133 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(42.73% 0.133 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.2738, 6.9055, 16.9554)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#742E73 #2E742F

analogous

#522E74 #742E73 #742E50

triadic

#742E73 #73742E #2E7374

tetradic

#742E73 #74522E #2E742F #2E5074

square

#742E73 #74522E #2E742F #2E5074

split-complementary

#742E73 #50742E #2E7452

monochromatic

#1C0B1C #481D48 #742E73 #A03F9E #BF5DBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#742E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#742E73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #742E73

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##742E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##742E73	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#274475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E4E71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #742e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 46, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.133 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e6b9b',
    500: '#742e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #742e73;
$custom-light: #9e6b9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#742e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.857,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42733,
    "c": 0.13332,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#742E73

secondary

#59A55A

accent

#D35755

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F2EBF2

border

#CCC6CC

text

#0F070E

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #742E73

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

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