#4A0E44#4A0E44

#4A0E44 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.112 H 332.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A0E44
RGB	rgb(74, 14, 68)
HSL	hsl(306, 68%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(306, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.1%, 8.1%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.44, 34.43, -18.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.44, 39.22, 331.39°)
OKLab	oklab(29.44% 0.099 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(29.44% 0.112 332.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.0245, 2.1876, 5.6780)
Luminance	0.0219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A0E44 #0E4A14

analogous

#320E4A #4A0E44 #4A0E26

triadic

#4A0E44 #444A0E #0E444A

tetradic

#4A0E44 #4A320E #0E4A14 #0E264A

square

#4A0E44 #4A320E #0E4A14 #0E264A

split-complementary

#4A0E44 #264A0E #0E4A32

monochromatic

#1A0518 #1A0518 #4A0E44 #7D1873 #B121A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.61

#4A0E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#4A0E44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A0E44

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A0E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A0E44	1.00	14.61	1.44	14.61
#FFFFFF	14.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B2345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#222C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E1528

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a0e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 14, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.112 332.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5478',
    500: '#4a0e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a0e44;
$custom-light: #7f5478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a0e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29443,
    "c": 0.11168,
    "h": 332.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A0E44

secondary

#2F8538

accent

#EB4E3D

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEE9ED

border

#C9C5C8

text

#0A0309

muted

#7C787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A0E44

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

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