#742c48

Color #742c48

A moderately saturated dark pink.

Closest named color Pale Violet Red #db7093 · ΔE 33.08 Nearest Tailwind class pink-900 #861043 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#742c48

RGB

rgb(116, 44, 72)

HSL

hsl(336.7, 45%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(336.7, 62.1%, 45.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 37.9%, 54.5%)

LAB

lab(29.37, 34.62, -1.11)

LCH

lch(29.37, 34.64, 358.16)

OKLCH

oklch(40.5%, 0.1056, 358.64)

HWB

hwb(336.7, 17.3%, 54.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2c7458

Analogous

#742c6c

#742c48

#74342c

Triadic

#742c48

#48742c

#2c4874

Split-complementary

#742c48

#2c7434

#2c6c74

Tetradic

#742c48

#74582c

#2c7458

#2c4874

Square

#742c48

#6c742c

#2c7458

#342c74

Shades

Color #742c48 mixed toward black.

#61253c

#4d1d30

#3a1624

#270f18

#13070c

Tints

Color #742c48 mixed toward white.

#9e3c62

#bf567f

#cf809f

#dfaabf

#efd5df

Tones

Color #742c48 mixed toward gray.

#6e3249

#68384b

#623e4c

#5c444d

#564a4f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.2:1

White text reads better on this background (9.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5d42 · ΔE 35.6

Deuteranopia

#616541 · ΔE 39.6

Tritanopia

#723e3d · ΔE 10.4

Achromatopsia

#454545 · ΔE 22.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #742c48;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#742c48]

Related colors

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Deep Pink #ff1493

Crimson #dc143c

Pink #ffc0cb

Frequently asked questions

#742c48 (#742c48) is rgb(116, 44, 72) in RGB.

No, #742c48 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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