#742f6e

Color #742f6e

A moderately saturated dark magenta.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 23.55 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-900 #721378 · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#742f6e

RGB

rgb(116, 47, 110)

HSL

hsl(305.2, 42.3%, 32%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(305.2, 59.5%, 45.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 5.2%, 54.5%)

LAB

lab(31.52, 39.1, -22.49)

LCH

lch(31.52, 45.11, 330.09)

OKLCH

oklch(42.6%, 0.1271, 331.02)

HWB

hwb(305.2, 18.4%, 54.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2f7435

Analogous

#582f74

#742f6e

#742f4c

Triadic

#742f6e

#6e742f

#2f6e74

Split-complementary

#742f6e

#4c742f

#2f7458

Tetradic

#742f6e

#74352f

#2f7435

#2f6e74

Square

#742f6e

#74582f

#2f7435

#2f4c74

Shades

Color #742f6e mixed toward black.

#61275c

#4d1f49

#3a1837

#271025

#130812

Tints

Color #742f6e mixed toward white.

#9d4095

#bc5bb4

#cd84c7

#deadd9

#eed6ec

Tones

Color #742f6e mixed toward gray.

#6e3569

#693b65

#634060

#5d465b

#574c56

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.37:1

White text reads better on this background (8.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5d63 · ΔE 22.6

Deuteranopia

#616560 · ΔE 31.8

Tritanopia

#725957 · ΔE 21.6

Achromatopsia

#4a4a4a · ΔE 24.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #742f6e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#742f6e]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#742f6e (#742f6e) is rgb(116, 47, 110) in RGB.

No, #742f6e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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