#742E88#742E88

#742E88 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.154 H 318.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#742E88
RGB	rgb(116, 46, 136)
HSL	hsl(287, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(287, 66%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 66.2%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.80, 44.76, -36.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.80, 57.93, 320.59°)
OKLab	oklab(44% 0.1143 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(44% 0.154 318)
XYZ	xyz(12.6228, 7.4451, 24.0599)
Luminance	0.0745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#742E88 #42882E

analogous

#472E88 #742E88 #882E6F

triadic

#742E88 #88742E #2E8874

tetradic

#742E88 #88472E #42882E #2E6F88

square

#742E88 #88472E #42882E #2E6F88

split-complementary

#742E88 #6F882E #2E8847

monochromatic

#260F2D #4D1F5A #742E88 #9B3DB6 #B465CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#742E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#742E88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #742E88

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##742E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##742E88	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F498B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#324F86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#743E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #742e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 46, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.154 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f6cab',
    500: '#742e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #742e88;
$custom-light: #9f6cab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#742e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 49.451,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44002,
    "c": 0.15381,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.07445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#742E88

secondary

#72B260

accent

#D94F6E

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3ECF4

border

#CDC7CE

text

#0F0710

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #742E88

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