#4A1156#4A1156

#4A1156 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.124 H 320.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1156
RGB	rgb(74, 17, 86)
HSL	hsl(290, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(290, 80%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 80.2%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.05, 36.81, -28.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.05, 46.59, 322.20°)
OKLab	oklab(30.98% 0.0953 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(30.98% 0.124 320)
XYZ	xyz(4.7040, 2.5289, 9.0426)
Luminance	0.0253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1156 #1D5611

analogous

#271156 #4A1156 #56113F

triadic

#4A1156 #564A11 #11564A

tetradic

#4A1156 #562711 #1D5611 #113F56

square

#4A1156 #562711 #1D5611 #113F56

split-complementary

#4A1156 #3F5611 #115627

monochromatic

#16051A #1E0723 #4A1156 #761B89 #A225BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.95

#4A1156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#4A1156 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1156

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1156	1.00	13.95	1.51	13.95
#FFFFFF	13.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#172E54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A1F32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 17, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.124 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5686',
    500: '#4a1156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1156;
$custom-light: #7f5686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.565,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30976,
    "c": 0.12447,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.02529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1156

secondary

#448F34

accent

#EA3E5C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1156

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

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