#74009f

Color #74009f

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 14.43 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#74009f

RGB

rgb(116, 0, 159)

HSL

hsl(283.8, 100%, 31.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.8, 100%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(27%, 100%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(29.95, 62.54, -55.5)

LCH

lch(29.95, 83.62, 318.41)

OKLCH

oklch(42.5%, 0.2126, 312.16)

HWB

hwb(283.8, 0%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2b9f00

Analogous

#25009f

#74009f

#9f007b

Triadic

#74009f

#9f7400

#009f74

Split-complementary

#74009f

#7b9f00

#009f25

Tetradic

#74009f

#9f002b

#2b9f00

#009f74

Square

#74009f

#9f2500

#2b9f00

#007b9f

Shades

Color #74009f mixed toward black.

#610085

#4d006a

#3a0050

#270035

#13001b

Tints

Color #74009f mixed toward white.

#9f00da

#c015ff

#d050ff

#df8aff

#efc5ff

Tones

Color #74009f mixed toward gray.

#6e0d92

#681b85

#622877

#5c356a

#56425d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.24:1

White text reads better on this background (9.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#59588c · ΔE 19.3

Deuteranopia

#5d6287 · ΔE 22.9

Tritanopia

#717b76 · ΔE 35.4

Achromatopsia

#474747 · ΔE 29.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #74009f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74009f]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#74009f (#74009f) is rgb(116, 0, 159) in RGB.

No, #74009f is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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