#740ba2

Color #740ba2

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 13.77 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#740ba2

RGB

rgb(116, 11, 162)

HSL

hsl(281.7, 87.3%, 33.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.7, 93.2%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.4%, 93.2%, 0%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(30.79, 61.4, -55.96)

LCH

lch(30.79, 83.08, 317.65)

OKLCH

oklch(43.2%, 0.2103, 310.89)

HWB

hwb(281.7, 4.3%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#39a20b

Analogous

#280ba2

#740ba2

#a20b84

Triadic

#740ba2

#a2740b

#0ba274

Split-complementary

#740ba2

#84a20b

#0ba228

Tetradic

#740ba2

#a20b39

#39a20b

#0ba274

Square

#740ba2

#a2280b

#39a20b

#0b84a2

Shades

Color #740ba2 mixed toward black.

#610987

#4d076c

#3a0551

#270436

#13021b

Tints

Color #740ba2 mixed toward white.

#9a0fd7

#b52df1

#c761f4

#da96f8

#eccafb

Tones

Color #740ba2 mixed toward gray.

#6f1895

#6a2489

#65317c

#603d70

#5b4a63

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.31:1

White text reads better on this background (9.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#59598f · ΔE 18.8

Deuteranopia

#5d628a · ΔE 22

Tritanopia

#717d79 · ΔE 34.1

Achromatopsia

#484848 · ΔE 29

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #740ba2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#740ba2]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#740ba2 (#740ba2) is rgb(116, 11, 162) in RGB.

No, #740ba2 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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