#742E95#742E95

#742E95 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.167 H 312.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#742E95
RGB	rgb(116, 46, 149)
HSL	hsl(281, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(281, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 69.1%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.64, 47.57, -43.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.64, 64.41, 317.61°)
OKLab	oklab(44.88% 0.1136 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(44.88% 0.167 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.6033, 7.8373, 29.2241)
Luminance	0.0784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#742E95 #4F952E

analogous

#402E95 #742E95 #952E82

triadic

#742E95 #95742E #2E9574

tetradic

#742E95 #95402E #4F952E #2E8295

square

#742E95 #95402E #4F952E #2E8295

split-complementary

#742E95 #82952E #2E9540

monochromatic

#2B1137 #502066 #742E95 #983DC3 #B16CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#742E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#742E95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #742E95

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##742E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##742E95	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#265193

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #742e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 46, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.167 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f6cb5',
    500: '#742e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #742e95;
$custom-light: #9f6cb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#742e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.777,
    "s": 52.821,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44878,
    "c": 0.16702,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#742E95

secondary

#81B966

accent

#DC4C7A

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4ECF6

border

#CEC7D0

text

#0F0711

muted

#7F7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #742E95

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

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