#4A0B56#4A0B56

#4A0B56 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.131 H 320.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A0B56
RGB	rgb(74, 11, 86)
HSL	hsl(290, 77%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(290, 87%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 87.2%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.31, 38.95, -29.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.31, 49.01, 322.63°)
OKLab	oklab(30.45% 0.101 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(30.45% 0.131 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.6232, 2.3673, 9.0157)
Luminance	0.0237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A0B56 #17560B

analogous

#250B56 #4A0B56 #560B3D

triadic

#4A0B56 #564A0B #0B564A

tetradic

#4A0B56 #56250B #17560B #0B3D56

square

#4A0B56 #56250B #17560B #0B3D56

split-complementary

#4A0B56 #3D560B #0B5625

monochromatic

#17031B #1B0420 #4A0B56 #79128C #A719C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.25

#4A0B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#4A0B56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A0B56

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A0B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A0B56	1.00	14.25	1.47	14.25
#FFFFFF	14.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#142D54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A1C31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a0b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 11, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.131 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805486',
    500: '#4a0b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a0b56;
$custom-light: #805486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a0b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.4,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30452,
    "c": 0.13103,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A0B56

secondary

#3C912B

accent

#F43453

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A0B56

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

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