#74657F#74657F

#74657F is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.044 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74657F
RGB	rgb(116, 101, 127)
HSL	hsl(275, 11%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(275, 20%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 20.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.02, 11.26, -12.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.02, 16.65, 312.57°)
OKLab	oklab(53.03% 0.0286 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(53.03% 0.044 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.6863, 14.5528, 22.0572)
Luminance	0.1455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74657F #707F65

analogous

#67657F #74657F #7F657D

triadic

#74657F #7F7465 #657F74

tetradic

#74657F #7F6765 #707F65 #657D7F

square

#74657F #7F6765 #707F65 #657D7F

split-complementary

#74657F #7D7F65 #657F67

monochromatic

#362F3B #554A5D #74657F #93849D #B1A6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#74657F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#74657F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74657F

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74657F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74657F	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646B7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73686E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74657f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 101, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.044 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c91a4',
    500: '#74657f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74657f;
$custom-light: #9c91a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74657f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.615,
    "s": 11.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53032,
    "c": 0.04382,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74657F

secondary

#9FA798

accent

#B4738F

background

#F9F8FA

surface

#F2F0F4

border

#CCCBCE

text

#0E0C0F

muted

#7E7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #74657F

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

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