#4A0E42#4A0E42

#4A0E42 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.110 H 334.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A0E42
RGB	rgb(74, 14, 66)
HSL	hsl(308, 68%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(308, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.1%, 10.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.32, 34.08, -17.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.32, 38.34, 332.71°)
OKLab	oklab(29.32% 0.0989 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(29.32% 0.11 334)
XYZ	xyz(3.9645, 2.1636, 5.3620)
Luminance	0.0216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A0E42 #0E4A16

analogous

#340E4A #4A0E42 #4A0E24

triadic

#4A0E42 #424A0E #0E424A

tetradic

#4A0E42 #4A340E #0E4A16 #0E244A

square

#4A0E42 #4A340E #0E4A16 #0E244A

split-complementary

#4A0E42 #244A0E #0E4A34

monochromatic

#1A0517 #1A0517 #4A0E42 #7D1870 #B1219E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.66

#4A0E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#4A0E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A0E42

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A0E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A0E42	1.00	14.66	1.43	14.66
#FFFFFF	14.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D2343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#232C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E1427

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a0e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 14, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.110 334.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5476',
    500: '#4a0e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a0e42;
$custom-light: #7f5476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a0e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29319,
    "c": 0.10999,
    "h": 334
  },
  "luminance": 0.02163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A0E42

secondary

#2F853A

accent

#EB543D

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEE9ED

border

#C9C5C8

text

#0A0308

muted

#7C787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A0E42

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

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