Information about #742A4A color
Basic facts about this digital color
A pleasantly vivid rose, #742A4A occupies the middle of the lightness scale. 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 almost identical to Extrovert (#752642). Slightly further away sit Vine Grape (#6D2B50) and Catawba (#703642).
Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(116, 42, 74)), which gives #742A4A its character. On this background, white text reaches a 9.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.2:1. #742A4A has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.
#742A4A color variations
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#742A4A color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#742A4A color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#742A4A color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#742A4A color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#742A4A 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 #742A4A color
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Nearest named colors to #742A4A
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#752642
#6D2B50
#703642
#673147
#7E354D
#6A1F44
#6D3540
#71333C
#78184A
#7E2056
#69293B
#722F37
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#742A4A
- RGB116, 42, 74
- CMYK0, 29, 16, 55
- CSSrgb(116, 42, 74)
- HSL334°, 47%, 31%
- HSL Precise334.054°, 46.835%, 30.98%
- HSV334°, 64%, 45%
- HSB334°, 64%, 45%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.455
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.165
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.290
- GLSLvec3(0.455, 0.165, 0.290)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.455, 0.165, 0.290, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.455, 0.165, 0.290)
- Percentage of Red in RGB45.5%
- Percentage of Green in RGB16.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB29%
- Color FamilyRose
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID742A4A
- DECIMAL ID7613002
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers17 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
