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violet · neutral

#683074

a dark, soft violet · neutral · closest name: Purple

Token name suggestion: Dusk Iris

RGB
104, 48, 116
HSL
289°, 42%, 32%
CMYK
10, 59, 0, 55
Luminance
0.0632

#683074 is a dark soft violet, 289° on the wheel and 56/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (9.28:1). As text it scores 9.28:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Purple, nearest Tailwind family is violet.

hsl(289 42% 32%)rgb(104 48 116)Base step 800AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #683074 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#683074
Hue
289°
violet
Saturation
42%
soft
Lightness
32%
dark
Brightness
45%
HSV value
Perceived
31%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.0632
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
56/100 cool
Color family
Violet
Tone
Soft
Best ink
White
9.28:1
Closest name
Purple
ΔE2000 7.1
Chroma
46.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.414
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
violet
500 · ΔE 23.9
Web-safe
#663366
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue289° of 360°
Saturation42%
Lightness32%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #683074.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool56% cool

Reads neutral. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red47%
Green33%
Blue20%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#683074
HEX (8-digit)#683074ff
RGBrgb(104, 48, 116)
RGBArgba(104, 48, 116, 1)
HSLhsl(289, 42%, 32%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289, 59%, 45%)
HWBhwb(289 19% 55%)
CMYKcmyk(10%, 59%, 0%, 55%)
LABlab(30.2 36.3 -28.5)
LCHlch(30.2 46.1 321.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.414 0.124 320.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(9.92, 6.32, 17.22)
Decimal6828148
Display P3color(display-p3 0.408 0.188 0.455)
Web-safe#663366

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #683074;
background-color: #683074;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #683074;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#683074] bg-[#683074]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #683074;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.408, green: 0.188, blue: 0.455)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.408, green: 0.188, blue: 0.455, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#683074</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF683074)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF683074)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(116, 48, 104)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(104, 48, 116)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(104, 48, 116)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 104, 48, 116)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4078f, 0.1882f, 0.4549f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{104,48,116}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #683074 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #683074 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#51255A, #E9D4ED);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #683074 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F9F5FA;
  --brand-100: #F3EBF5;
  --brand-200: #E6D2EA;
  --brand-300: #D6B0DE;
  --brand-400: #C188CE;
  --brand-500: #AD60BD;
  --brand-600: #9B48AD;
  --brand-700: #813C90;
  --brand-800: #683074;
  --brand-900: #4C2655;
  --brand-950: #301835;
  --brand: #683074;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F9F4FA;
  --brand-border: #E1C5E7;
  --brand-hover: #52265B;
  --brand-pressed: #3B1B42;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #211424;
    --brand-ink: #E9D4ED;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9F5FA',
        100: '#F3EBF5',
        200: '#E6D2EA',
        300: '#D6B0DE',
        400: '#C188CE',
        500: '#AD60BD',
        600: '#9B48AD',
        700: '#813C90',
        800: '#683074',
        900: '#4C2655',
        950: '#301835',
        DEFAULT: '#683074',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9F5FA,
  '100': #F3EBF5,
  '200': #E6D2EA,
  '300': #D6B0DE,
  '400': #C188CE,
  '500': #AD60BD,
  '600': #9B48AD,
  '700': #813C90,
  '800': #683074,
  '900': #4C2655,
  '950': #301835,
);
$brand-base: #683074;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9F5FA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F3EBF5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E6D2EA", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#D6B0DE", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#C188CE", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#AD60BD", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#9B48AD", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#813C90", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#683074", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#4C2655", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#301835", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #683074 · 9.28:1
Use #ffffffAAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 9.28:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Aa
Black text · 2.26:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #683074 as text scores 9.28:1 on white and 2.26:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #F6EDF8 at 8.12:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#683074 · 9.28:1
AA on whitealready passes
#683074
The quick fox
#683074 · 9.28:1
AAA on whitealready passes
#683074
The quick fox
#A653B8 · 4.55:1
AA on black+20% L
#A653B8
The quick fox
#BE81CB · 7.19:1
AAA on black+33% L
#BE81CB

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #683074 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#683074 on white: 9.28:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#683074 on black: 2.26:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #683074 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #683074.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White9.28:1AaAa
Slate 508.87:1AaAa
Slate 1008.47:1AaAa
Slate 2007.53:1AaAa
Slate 3006.25:1AaAa
Slate 4003.62:1AaAa
Slate 5001.95:1AaAa
Slate 6001.22:1AaAa
Slate 7001.12:1AaAa
Slate 8001.58:1AaAa
Slate 9001.92:1AaAa
Black2.26:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #234376
deuteranopia · #364972
tritanopia · #693A4D

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #683074 is pinned to step 800; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F9F5FA
#F3EBF5
#E6D2EA
#D6B0DE
#C188CE
#AD60BD
#9B48AD
#813C90
#683074
#4C2655
#301835
Base = 800Lightest = 50 · #F9F5FADarkest = 950 · #301835Text step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.031 320.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.050 320.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.074 320.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.097 320.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.114 320.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.124 320.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.124 320.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.116 320.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.104 320.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.087 320.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.068 320.3);
}

Colors that work with #683074

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F9F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#E1C5E7
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#8D4B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#4D772D
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#51255A
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F6EDF8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#211424
Dark-mode background
Hover#52265B
One step down in lightness
Pressed#3B1B42
Two steps down
Disabled#9B71A4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#7B2D8C
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
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Acme LtdActive
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GlobexActive

How to use #683074

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text on black or near-black surfaces
  • Black text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

creativepremiummodernimaginative

Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Deep violets swallow detail on screens with poor gamma; check it on a cheap laptop panel.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight68/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#3C7430
Analogous left#463074
Analogous right#74305E
Split-complement 1#5E7430
Split-complement 2#307446
Triadic 1#746830
Triadic 2#307468
Tetradic#744630
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°289°

#683074 sits at 289°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red40.8%
Green18.8%
Blue45.5%
R · 0–255
104
0x68
G · 0–255
48
0x30
B · 0–255
116
0x74

CMYK percentages

Cyan10.3%
Magenta58.6%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)54.5%

Total ink coverage is 123%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#683074 text on a black background

contrast 2.26:1

Card sample

#683074 text on a white background

contrast 9.28:1

Card sample

#683074 on grey

8.47:1

#683074 on its own surface

8.55:1

#683074 on its dark surface

1.90:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #683074;
Background color
Panel with #683074 background
background-color: #683074;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #683074;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(104, 48, 116, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(104, 48, 116, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #683074;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #683074, #743053);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #683074, #743042);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #683074;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #683074;
caret-color: #683074;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #683074;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F6EDF8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #683074;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#683074 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #683074 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(104, 48, 116, 0.5)
rgb(104 48 116 / 50%)
#68307480
hsl(289 42% 32% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #683074 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#6830741a#F0EAF1
20%#68307433#E1D6E3
40%#68307466#C3ACC7
60%#68307499#A483AC
80%#683074cc#865990

Gradients from #683074

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8F429F, #683074 45%, #51255A);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #683074, #5F273F);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #683074, #3C7430);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #A24BB5 0%, #683074 45%, #51255A 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #543F98 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #8A3969 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #51255A 0%, transparent 65%), #683074;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #683074

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#683074 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Creative toolsFintechBeautyLuxury
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 2.26:1 — lift it to #A653B8 for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#683074, answered

What color is #683074?

#683074 is a dark soft violet, closest to Purple (ΔE2000 7.1). It sits at 289° on the hue wheel with 42% saturation and 32% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #683074?

rgb(104, 48, 116) — 104 red, 48 green and 116 blue out of 255, or 40.8% / 18.8% / 45.5% by channel.

What is #683074 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(289, 42%, 32%) and hsv(289, 59%, 45%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #683074 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.0632 and perceived brightness is 31%, so white text on it reaches 9.28:1.

Should I use black or white text on #683074?

White. It scores 9.28:1 against #683074, versus 2.26:1 for black — AAA at any size.

Is #683074 accessible on a white background?

#683074 on white scores 9.28:1, which clears AAA at every size.

What is the complementary color of #683074?

#3C7430 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #5E7430 and #307446, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #683074?

For interface work: #F9F4FA as the surface, #E1C5E7 for borders, #8D4B9B for secondary text, #4D772D as an accent and #51255A for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #463074 and #74305E stays calm, while #3C7430 is the loudest partner.

What is #683074 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(10%, 59%, 0%, 55%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #683074 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 56 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #743067; nudged cooler, #4F2E76.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #683074?

The violet family — its 500 step is #8b5cf6, ΔE2000 23.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #683074 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #683074 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#683074] or text-[#683074], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #683074 with 50% opacity?

rgba(104, 48, 116, 0.5), or #68307480 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B498BA; over black, #34183A.

Is #683074 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #663366, ΔE2000 3.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #683074 mean?

As a violet, it reads creative, premium, modern. Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #683074?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #8F429F, #683074 45%, #51255A). For more colour, a short hue run to #5F273F keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #683074 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #683074 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.