#4A0E55#4A0E55

#4A0E55 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.127 H 320.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A0E55
RGB	rgb(74, 14, 85)
HSL	hsl(291, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(291, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 83.5%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.58, 37.74, -28.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.58, 47.37, 322.81°)
OKLab	oklab(30.62% 0.0984 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(30.62% 0.127 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.6206, 2.4261, 8.8175)
Luminance	0.0243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A0E55 #19550E

analogous

#270E55 #4A0E55 #550E3D

triadic

#4A0E55 #554A0E #0E554A

tetradic

#4A0E55 #55270E #19550E #0E3D55

square

#4A0E55 #55270E #19550E #0E3D55

split-complementary

#4A0E55 #3D550E #0E5527

monochromatic

#17041A #1C0520 #4A0E55 #78178A #A51FBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.14

#4A0E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#4A0E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A0E55

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A0E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A0E55	1.00	14.14	1.49	14.14
#FFFFFF	14.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002757

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#162D53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A1D31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a0e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 14, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.127 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5585',
    500: '#4a0e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a0e55;
$custom-light: #7f5585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a0e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.704,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30621,
    "c": 0.12702,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A0E55

secondary

#3E8F30

accent

#EE3955

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A0E55

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