#4A0949#4A0949

#4A0949 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.122 H 328.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A0949
RGB	rgb(74, 9, 73)
HSL	hsl(301, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(301, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 87.8%, 1.4%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.17, 37.04, -22.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.17, 43.44, 328.51°)
OKLab	oklab(29.35% 0.104 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(29.35% 0.122 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.1243, 2.1326, 6.4964)
Luminance	0.0213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A0949 #094A0A

analogous

#2B094A #4A0949 #4A0929

triadic

#4A0949 #494A09 #09494A

tetradic

#4A0949 #4A2B09 #094A0A #09294A

square

#4A0949 #4A2B09 #094A0A #09294A

split-complementary

#4A0949 #294A09 #094A2B

monochromatic

#1B031B #1B031B #4A0949 #81107F #B716B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.72

#4A0949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#4A0949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A0949

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A0949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A0949	1.00	14.72	1.43	14.72
#FFFFFF	14.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00234B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D2B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D1429

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a0949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 9, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.122 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f527c',
    500: '#4a0949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a0949;
$custom-light: #7f527c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a0949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.923,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2935,
    "c": 0.12152,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A0949

secondary

#278729

accent

#F53633

background

#F8F4F7

surface

#EFE7EE

border

#CAC3C9

text

#0A0309

muted

#7C787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A0949

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

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