#742b6b

Color #742b6b

A moderately saturated dark magenta.

Closest named color Purple #800080 · ΔE 23.5 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-900 #721378 · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#742b6b

RGB

rgb(116, 43, 107)

HSL

hsl(307.4, 45.9%, 31.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(307.4, 62.9%, 45.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 7.8%, 54.5%)

LAB

lab(30.65, 40.51, -21.93)

LCH

lch(30.65, 46.07, 331.57)

OKLCH

oklch(41.9%, 0.1309, 332.77)

HWB

hwb(307.4, 16.9%, 54.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2b7434

Analogous

#592b74

#742b6b

#742b47

Triadic

#742b6b

#6b742b

#2b6b74

Split-complementary

#742b6b

#47742b

#2b7459

Tetradic

#742b6b

#74342b

#2b7434

#2b6b74

Square

#742b6b

#74592b

#2b7434

#2b4774

Shades

Color #742b6b mixed toward black.

#612459

#4d1d47

#3a1636

#270e24

#130712

Tints

Color #742b6b mixed toward white.

#9f3b92

#c054b2

#d07fc6

#dfaad9

#efd4ec

Tones

Color #742b6b mixed toward gray.

#6e3166

#683762

#623d5d

#5c4359

#564954

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.3:1

White text reads better on this background (9.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5c60 · ΔE 23.6

Deuteranopia

#60655d · ΔE 34.4

Tritanopia

#725654 · ΔE 21.4

Achromatopsia

#484848 · ΔE 24.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #742b6b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#742b6b]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#742b6b (#742b6b) is rgb(116, 43, 107) in RGB.

No, #742b6b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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