#74697E#74697E

#74697E is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.035 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74697E
RGB	rgb(116, 105, 126)
HSL	hsl(271, 9%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(271, 17%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.07, 8.63, -10.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.07, 13.26, 310.61°)
OKLab	oklab(53.84% 0.0218 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(53.84% 0.035 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.0193, 15.3226, 21.8483)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74697E #737E69

analogous

#69697E #74697E #7E697D

triadic

#74697E #7E7469 #697E74

tetradic

#74697E #7E6969 #737E69 #697D7E

square

#74697E #7E6969 #737E69 #697D7E

split-complementary

#74697E #7D7E69 #697E69

monochromatic

#37313B #554D5D #74697E #93889C #B1AAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#74697E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#74697E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74697E

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74697E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74697E	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666D7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686D7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#736C70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74697e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 105, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.035 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c93a3',
    500: '#74697e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74697e;
$custom-light: #9c93a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74697e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.429,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5384,
    "c": 0.0348,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74697E

secondary

#A1A79B

accent

#B27692

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F1F3

border

#CCCBCD

text

#0E0D0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #74697E

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

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