#4A0F5E#4A0F5E

#4A0F5E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.135 H 315.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A0F5E
RGB	rgb(74, 15, 94)
HSL	hsl(285, 72%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(285, 84%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 84%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.39, 39.30, -33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.39, 51.55, 319.67°)
OKLab	oklab(31.41% 0.0961 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(31.41% 0.135 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.0149, 2.6058, 10.8263)
Luminance	0.0261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.86

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A0F5E #235E0F

analogous

#230F5E #4A0F5E #5E0F4B

triadic

#4A0F5E #5E4A0F #0F5E4A

tetradic

#4A0F5E #5E230F #235E0F #0F4B5E

square

#4A0F5E #5E230F #235E0F #0F4B5E

split-complementary

#4A0F5E #4B5E0F #0F5E23

monochromatic

#15041A #200729 #4A0F5E #741793 #9D20C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.80

#4A0F5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#4A0F5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A0F5E

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A0F5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A0F5E	1.00	13.80	1.52	13.80
#FFFFFF	13.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C2E5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482137

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a0f5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 15, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.135 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80568c',
    500: '#4a0f5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a0f5e;
$custom-light: #80568c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a0f5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.81,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3141,
    "c": 0.13451,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A0F5E

secondary

#4B9731

accent

#EF3967

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A0F5E

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