#4A0849#4A0849

#4A0849 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.123 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A0849
RGB	rgb(74, 8, 73)
HSL	hsl(301, 80%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(301, 89%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 89.2%, 1.4%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.06, 37.36, -22.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.06, 43.80, 328.54°)
OKLab	oklab(29.27% 0.1049 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(29.27% 0.123 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.1134, 2.1109, 6.4928)
Luminance	0.0211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A0849 #084A09

analogous

#2A084A #4A0849 #4A0828

triadic

#4A0849 #494A08 #08494A

tetradic

#4A0849 #4A2A08 #084A09 #08284A

square

#4A0849 #4A2A08 #084A09 #08284A

split-complementary

#4A0849 #284A08 #084A2A

monochromatic

#1C031B #1C031B #4A0849 #810E7F #B814B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.77

#4A0849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#4A0849 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A0849

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A0849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A0849	1.00	14.77	1.42	14.77
#FFFFFF	14.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00224B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D2B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D1329

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a0849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 8, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.123 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f527c',
    500: '#4a0849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a0849;
$custom-light: #7f527c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a0849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.909,
    "s": 80.488,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29272,
    "c": 0.12256,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A0849

secondary

#268827

accent

#F73431

background

#F8F4F7

surface

#EFE7EE

border

#CAC3C9

text

#0A0309

muted

#7C787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A0849

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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