Information about #74289D color
Basic facts about this digital color
A pleasantly vivid violet, #74289D sits comfortably between light and dark. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Purple Slime (#7A2B97). Nearby in the Register you will also find coresight purple (#6F2994) and Grape (#6F2DA8).
In RGB terms — rgb(116, 40, 157) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 8.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.5:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#74289D color variations
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#74289D color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#74289D color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#74289D color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#74289D color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#74289D color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #74289D color
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Nearest named colors to #74289D
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#7A2B97
#6F2994
#6F2DA8
#69359C
#663399
#662D91
#743089
#7911A2
#7F3E98
#720E9E
#652C88
#6C3082
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#74289D
- RGB116, 40, 157
- CMYK16, 46, 0, 38
- CSSrgb(116, 40, 157)
- HSL279°, 59%, 39%
- HSL Precise278.974°, 59.391%, 38.627%
- HSV279°, 75%, 62%
- HSB279°, 75%, 62%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.455
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.157
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.616
- GLSLvec3(0.455, 0.157, 0.616)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.455, 0.157, 0.616, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.455, 0.157, 0.616)
- Percentage of Red in RGB45.5%
- Percentage of Green in RGB15.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB61.6%
- Color FamilyViolet
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID74289D
- DECIMAL ID7612573
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers7 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
