#4A1059#4A1059

#4A1059 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.129 H 318.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1059
RGB	rgb(74, 16, 89)
HSL	hsl(288, 70%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(288, 82%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 82%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.13, 37.84, -30.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.13, 48.56, 321.19°)
OKLab	oklab(31.11% 0.096 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(31.11% 0.129 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.8123, 2.5479, 9.6876)
Luminance	0.0255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1059 #1F5910

analogous

#251059 #4A1059 #591043

triadic

#4A1059 #594A10 #10594A

tetradic

#4A1059 #592510 #1F5910 #104359

square

#4A1059 #592510 #1F5910 #104359

split-complementary

#4A1059 #435910 #105925

monochromatic

#16051A #1F0725 #4A1059 #75198D #A023C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.91

#4A1059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#4A1059 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1059

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1059	1.00	13.91	1.51	13.91
#FFFFFF	13.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#142E57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 16, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.129 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5688',
    500: '#4a1059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1059;
$custom-light: #7f5688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.671,
    "s": 69.524,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31107,
    "c": 0.12857,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1059

secondary

#469233

accent

#EC3B60

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1059

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

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