#4A0F57#4A0F57

#4A0F57 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.128 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A0F57
RGB	rgb(74, 15, 87)
HSL	hsl(289, 71%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(289, 83%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 82.8%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.85, 37.79, -29.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.85, 47.97, 321.99°)
OKLab	oklab(30.86% 0.0972 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(30.86% 0.128 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.7149, 2.4859, 9.2464)
Luminance	0.0249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A0F57 #1C570F

analogous

#260F57 #4A0F57 #570F40

triadic

#4A0F57 #574A0F #0F574A

tetradic

#4A0F57 #57260F #1C570F #0F4057

square

#4A0F57 #57260F #1C570F #0F4057

split-complementary

#4A0F57 #40570F #0F5726

monochromatic

#16051A #1E0623 #4A0F57 #76188B #A321BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.03

#4A0F57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#4A0F57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A0F57

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A0F57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A0F57	1.00	14.03	1.50	14.03
#FFFFFF	14.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#152E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A1E33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a0f57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 15, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.128 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5587',
    500: '#4a0f57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a0f57;
$custom-light: #7f5587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a0f57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.167,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30862,
    "c": 0.12779,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A0F57

secondary

#429131

accent

#ED3A5B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A0F57

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

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