#742E94#742E94

#742E94 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.166 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#742E94
RGB	rgb(116, 46, 148)
HSL	hsl(281, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(281, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 68.9%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.57, 47.35, -42.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.57, 63.90, 317.81°)
OKLab	oklab(44.81% 0.1137 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(44.81% 0.166 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.5238, 7.8055, 28.8054)
Luminance	0.0780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#742E94 #4E942E

analogous

#412E94 #742E94 #942E81

triadic

#742E94 #94742E #2E9474

tetradic

#742E94 #94412E #4E942E #2E8194

square

#742E94 #94412E #4E942E #2E8194

split-complementary

#742E94 #81942E #2E9441

monochromatic

#2B1137 #4F1F65 #742E94 #993DC3 #B16BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#742E94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#742E94 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #742E94

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##742E94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##742E94	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#275192

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #742e94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 46, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.166 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f6cb4',
    500: '#742e94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #742e94;
$custom-light: #9f6cb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#742e94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.176,
    "s": 52.577,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44808,
    "c": 0.16599,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#742E94

secondary

#80B866

accent

#DC4C79

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4ECF6

border

#CEC7D0

text

#0F0711

muted

#7F7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #742E94

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

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