#4A1157#4A1157

#4A1157 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.125 H 319.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1157
RGB	rgb(74, 17, 87)
HSL	hsl(289, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(289, 80%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 80.5%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.12, 37.03, -29.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.12, 47.10, 321.83°)
OKLab	oklab(31.05% 0.0952 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(31.05% 0.125 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.7446, 2.5451, 9.2563)
Luminance	0.0255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1157 #1E5711

analogous

#271157 #4A1157 #571141

triadic

#4A1157 #574A11 #11574A

tetradic

#4A1157 #572711 #1E5711 #114157

square

#4A1157 #572711 #1E5711 #114157

split-complementary

#4A1157 #415711 #115727

monochromatic

#16051A #1E0724 #4A1157 #761B8A #A125BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.92

#4A1157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#4A1157 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1157

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1157	1.00	13.92	1.51	13.92
#FFFFFF	13.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#162E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A1F33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 17, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.125 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5687',
    500: '#4a1157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1157;
$custom-light: #7f5687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.857,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31051,
    "c": 0.12545,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1157

secondary

#459034

accent

#EA3E5E

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1157

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

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