#742E85#742E85

#742E85 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.151 H 319.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#742E85
RGB	rgb(116, 46, 133)
HSL	hsl(288, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(288, 65%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 65.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.62, 44.13, -35.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.62, 56.45, 321.41°)
OKLab	oklab(43.81% 0.1143 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(43.81% 0.151 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.4125, 7.3610, 22.9527)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#742E85 #3F852E

analogous

#492E85 #742E85 #852E6A

triadic

#742E85 #85742E #2E8574

tetradic

#742E85 #85492E #3F852E #2E6A85

square

#742E85 #85492E #3F852E #2E6A85

split-complementary

#742E85 #6A852E #2E8549

monochromatic

#250F2A #4C1E58 #742E85 #9C3EB2 #B664C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#742E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#742E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #742E85

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##742E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##742E85	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#154888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#344F83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#743D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #742e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 46, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.151 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f6ca9',
    500: '#742e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #742e85;
$custom-light: #9f6ca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#742e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.276,
    "s": 48.603,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43809,
    "c": 0.1508,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#742E85

secondary

#6FB05F

accent

#D8506A

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3ECF4

border

#CDC7CE

text

#0F0710

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #742E85

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

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