#742E89#742E89

#742E89 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.155 H 317.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#742E89
RGB	rgb(116, 46, 137)
HSL	hsl(286, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(286, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 66.4%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.86, 44.97, -37.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.86, 58.42, 320.33°)
OKLab	oklab(44.07% 0.1143 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(44.07% 0.155 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.6942, 7.4737, 24.4359)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#742E89 #43892E

analogous

#462E89 #742E89 #892E70

triadic

#742E89 #89742E #2E8974

tetradic

#742E89 #89462E #43892E #2E7089

square

#742E89 #89462E #43892E #2E7089

split-complementary

#742E89 #70892E #2E8946

monochromatic

#260F2D #4D1F5B #742E89 #9B3DB7 #B466CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#742E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#742E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #742E89

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##742E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##742E89	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D498C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#314F87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#733E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #742e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 46, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.155 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f6cac',
    500: '#742e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #742e89;
$custom-light: #9f6cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#742e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 49.727,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44067,
    "c": 0.15482,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#742E89

secondary

#73B260

accent

#D94F6F

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3ECF4

border

#CDC7CE

text

#0F0710

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #742E89

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

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