#742E79#742E79

#742E79 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.139 H 325.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#742E79
RGB	rgb(116, 46, 121)
HSL	hsl(296, 45%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(296, 62%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 62%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.92, 41.70, -28.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.92, 50.69, 325.35°)
OKLab	oklab(43.08% 0.1138 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(43.08% 0.139 325)
XYZ	xyz(11.6304, 7.0481, 18.8333)
Luminance	0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#742E79 #33792E

analogous

#4E2E79 #742E79 #792E58

triadic

#742E79 #79742E #2E7974

tetradic

#742E79 #794E2E #33792E #2E5879

square

#742E79 #794E2E #33792E #2E5879

split-complementary

#742E79 #58792E #2E794E

monochromatic

#1F0C20 #491D4D #742E79 #9F3FA5 #BC5FC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#742E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#742E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #742E79

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##742E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##742E79	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22467B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B4E77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77384F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #742e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 46, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.139 325.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e6ba0',
    500: '#742e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #742e79;
$custom-light: #9e6ba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#742e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296,
    "s": 44.91,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43076,
    "c": 0.139,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.07047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#742E79

secondary

#5FA95A

accent

#D5535C

background

#FAF6F9

surface

#F3EBF2

border

#CDC6CC

text

#0F070E

muted

#7F7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #742E79

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

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