#742E75#742E75

#742E75 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.135 H 327.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#742E75
RGB	rgb(116, 46, 117)
HSL	hsl(299, 44%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(299, 61%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 60.7%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.70, 40.92, -26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.70, 48.83, 326.93°)
OKLab	oklab(42.85% 0.1135 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(42.85% 0.135 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.3901, 6.9520, 17.5681)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#742E75 #2F752E

analogous

#512E75 #742E75 #752E53

triadic

#742E75 #75742E #2E7574

tetradic

#742E75 #75512E #2F752E #2E5375

square

#742E75 #75512E #2F752E #2E5375

split-complementary

#742E75 #53752E #2E7551

monochromatic

#1D0B1D #481D49 #742E75 #A03FA1 #BE5EC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#742E75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#742E75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #742E75

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##742E75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##742E75	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#254577

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D4E73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #742e75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 46, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.135 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e6b9d',
    500: '#742e75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #742e75;
$custom-light: #9e6b9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#742e75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.155,
    "s": 43.558,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42846,
    "c": 0.13519,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#742E75

secondary

#5AA659

accent

#D35456

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F2EBF2

border

#CCC6CC

text

#0F070E

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #742E75

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