#4A0E5D#4A0E5D

#4A0E5D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.135 H 316.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A0E5D
RGB	rgb(74, 14, 93)
HSL	hsl(286, 74%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(286, 85%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 84.9%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.19, 39.43, -33.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.19, 51.43, 320.06°)
OKLab	oklab(31.24% 0.0972 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(31.24% 0.135 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.9566, 2.5604, 10.5869)
Luminance	0.0256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.64

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A0E5D #215D0E

analogous

#220E5D #4A0E5D #5D0E48

triadic

#4A0E5D #5D4A0E #0E5D4A

tetradic

#4A0E5D #5D220E #215D0E #0E485D

square

#4A0E5D #5D220E #215D0E #0E485D

split-complementary

#4A0E5D #485D0E #0E5D22

monochromatic

#15041B #200628 #4A0E5D #741692 #9F1EC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.89

#4A0E5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#4A0E5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A0E5D

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A0E5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A0E5D	1.00	13.89	1.51	13.89
#FFFFFF	13.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D2E5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492136

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a0e5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 14, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.135 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80558b',
    500: '#4a0e5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a0e5d;
$custom-light: #80558b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a0e5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.57,
    "s": 73.832,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31244,
    "c": 0.13459,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A0E5D

secondary

#499730

accent

#F03764

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A0E5D

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

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