#742E91#742E91

#742E91 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.163 H 314.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#742E91
RGB	rgb(116, 46, 145)
HSL	hsl(282, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(282, 68%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 68.3%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.38, 46.69, -41.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.38, 62.40, 318.44°)
OKLab	oklab(44.6% 0.1139 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(44.6% 0.163 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.2894, 7.7118, 27.5710)
Luminance	0.0771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Color harmonies

complementary

#742E91 #4B912E

analogous

#422E91 #742E91 #912E7D

triadic

#742E91 #91742E #2E9174

tetradic

#742E91 #91422E #4B912E #2E7D91

square

#742E91 #91422E #4B912E #2E7D91

split-complementary

#742E91 #7D912E #2E9142

monochromatic

#2A1134 #4F1F63 #742E91 #993DBF #B26AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#742E91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#742E91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #742E91

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##742E91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##742E91	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A508F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71415B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #742e91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 46, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.163 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f6cb2',
    500: '#742e91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #742e91;
$custom-light: #9f6cb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#742e91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.424,
    "s": 51.832,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44601,
    "c": 0.16293,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#742E91

secondary

#7CB764

accent

#DB4D76

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4ECF6

border

#CEC7D0

text

#0F0711

muted

#7F7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #742E91

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

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