#742EA7#742EA7

#742EA7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.186 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#742EA7
RGB	rgb(116, 46, 167)
HSL	hsl(275, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(275, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 72.5%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.92, 51.65, -52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.92, 73.47, 314.66°)
OKLab	oklab(46.19% 0.1114 -0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(46.19% 0.186 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.1530, 8.4572, 37.3859)
Luminance	0.0846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#742EA7 #61A72E

analogous

#382EA7 #742EA7 #A72E9E

triadic

#742EA7 #A7742E #2EA774

tetradic

#742EA7 #A7382E #61A72E #2E9EA7

square

#742EA7 #A7382E #61A72E #2E9EA7

split-complementary

#742EA7 #9EA72E #2EA738

monochromatic

#311447 #532177 #742EA7 #9446CC #AF76D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#742EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#742EA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #742EA7

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##742EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##742EA7	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B4A68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #742ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 46, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.186 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a16dc2',
    500: '#742ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #742ea7;
$custom-light: #a16dc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#742ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.711,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46192,
    "c": 0.18552,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#742EA7

secondary

#92C170

accent

#E04888

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F4ECF8

border

#CEC7D1

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #742EA7

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

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