#74657E#74657E

#74657E is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.042 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74657E
RGB	rgb(116, 101, 126)
HSL	hsl(276, 11%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(276, 20%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 19.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.98, 11.04, -11.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.98, 16.10, 313.30°)
OKLab	oklab(52.99% 0.0283 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(52.99% 0.042 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.6214, 14.5269, 21.7156)
Luminance	0.1453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74657E #6F7E65

analogous

#68657E #74657E #7E657C

triadic

#74657E #7E7465 #657E74

tetradic

#74657E #7E6865 #6F7E65 #657C7E

square

#74657E #7E6865 #6F7E65 #657C7E

split-complementary

#74657E #7C7E65 #657E68

monochromatic

#352F3A #554A5C #74657E #93849C #B0A6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#74657E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#74657E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74657E

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74657E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74657E	1.00	5.38	3.91	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646B7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73686D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74657e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 101, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.042 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c91a3',
    500: '#74657e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74657e;
$custom-light: #9c91a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74657e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 11.013,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52992,
    "c": 0.04244,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74657E

secondary

#9EA798

accent

#B4748D

background

#F9F8FA

surface

#F2F0F3

border

#CCCBCD

text

#0E0C0F

muted

#7E7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #74657E

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

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