#4A0940#4A0940

#4A0940 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.114 H 335.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A0940
RGB	rgb(74, 9, 64)
HSL	hsl(309, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(309, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 87.8%, 13.5%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.60, 35.46, -17.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.60, 39.46, 333.98°)
OKLab	oklab(28.76% 0.1039 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(28.76% 0.114 335.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.8472, 2.0217, 5.0371)
Luminance	0.0202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A0940 #094A13

analogous

#34094A #4A0940 #4A0920

triadic

#4A0940 #404A09 #09404A

tetradic

#4A0940 #4A3409 #094A13 #09204A

square

#4A0940 #4A3409 #094A13 #09204A

split-complementary

#4A0940 #204A09 #094A34

monochromatic

#1B0318 #1B0318 #4A0940 #81106F #B7169E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.96

#4A0940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#4A0940 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A0940

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A0940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A0940	1.00	14.96	1.40	14.96
#FFFFFF	14.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#092141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#222A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E0F24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a0940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 9, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.114 335.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5275',
    500: '#4a0940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a0940;
$custom-light: #7f5275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a0940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.231,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28762,
    "c": 0.11414,
    "h": 335.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A0940

secondary

#278736

accent

#F55133

background

#F8F4F7

surface

#EFE7ED

border

#CAC3C8

text

#0A0208

muted

#7C787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A0940

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

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