#4A0C55#4A0C55

#4A0C55 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.129 H 320.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A0C55
RGB	rgb(74, 12, 85)
HSL	hsl(291, 75%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(291, 86%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 85.9%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.34, 38.43, -29.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.34, 48.15, 322.95°)
OKLab	oklab(30.45% 0.1003 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(30.45% 0.129 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.5950, 2.3749, 8.8089)
Luminance	0.0238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A0C55 #17550C

analogous

#260C55 #4A0C55 #550C3C

triadic

#4A0C55 #554A0C #0C554A

tetradic

#4A0C55 #55260C #17550C #0C3C55

square

#4A0C55 #55260C #17550C #0C3C55

split-complementary

#4A0C55 #3C550C #0C5526

monochromatic

#17041B #1B041F #4A0C55 #79148B #A71BC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.24

#4A0C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#4A0C55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A0C55

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A0C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A0C55	1.00	14.24	1.48	14.24
#FFFFFF	14.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#152D53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B1C31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a0c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 12, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.129 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805485',
    500: '#4a0c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a0c55;
$custom-light: #805485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a0c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.959,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30453,
    "c": 0.12913,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A0C55

secondary

#3C902D

accent

#F23652

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A0C55

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

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