#4A105E#4A105E

#4A105E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.133 H 315.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A105E
RGB	rgb(74, 16, 94)
HSL	hsl(285, 71%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(285, 83%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 83%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.52, 38.93, -33.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.52, 51.14, 319.58°)
OKLab	oklab(31.5% 0.0951 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(31.5% 0.133 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.0294, 2.6348, 10.8311)
Luminance	0.0263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.89

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A105E #245E10

analogous

#23105E #4A105E #5E104B

triadic

#4A105E #5E4A10 #105E4A

tetradic

#4A105E #5E2310 #245E10 #104B5E

square

#4A105E #5E2310 #245E10 #104B5E

split-complementary

#4A105E #4B5E10 #105E23

monochromatic

#15041A #21072A #4A105E #731992 #9C22C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.75

#4A105E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#4A105E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A105E

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A105E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A105E	1.00	13.75	1.53	13.75
#FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D2F5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a105e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 16, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.133 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80568c',
    500: '#4a105e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a105e;
$custom-light: #80568c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a105e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.615,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.315,
    "c": 0.13343,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A105E

secondary

#4D9733

accent

#EE3A68

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A105E

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

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