#74669C
Royal Purple · medium cool purple
About #74669C
#74669C is a moderately saturated, medium shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 45% red, 40% green and 61% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 26% cyan, 35% magenta, 0% yellow and 39% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Royal Purple and Steel Blue (ΔE 22.5); Steel Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #8E9C66 — a moss tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use medium tones like #74669C for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. White text reads best on it at 5.09:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.09:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #74669C?
#74669C is a moderately saturated, medium shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 45% red, 40% green and 61% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 26% cyan, 35% magenta, 0% yellow and 39% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #74669C?
Use white text. White on #74669C has a contrast ratio of 5.09:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #74669C?
Its complementary colour is #8E9C66, and analogous partners are #66739C and #8F669C.