#4A115A#4A115A

#4A115A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.128 H 317.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A115A
RGB	rgb(74, 17, 90)
HSL	hsl(287, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(287, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 81.1%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.34, 37.67, -30.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.34, 48.64, 320.76°)
OKLab	oklab(31.28% 0.0948 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(31.28% 0.128 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.8697, 2.5951, 9.9153)
Luminance	0.0260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A115A #215A11

analogous

#25115A #4A115A #5A1145

triadic

#4A115A #5A4A11 #115A4A

tetradic

#4A115A #5A2511 #215A11 #11455A

square

#4A115A #5A2511 #215A11 #11455A

split-complementary

#4A115A #455A11 #115A25

monochromatic

#15051A #200727 #4A115A #741B8D #9F24C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.82

#4A115A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#4A115A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A115A

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A115A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A115A	1.00	13.82	1.52	13.82
#FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#132E58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492135

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a115a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 17, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.128 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5689',
    500: '#4a115a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a115a;
$custom-light: #7f5689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a115a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.849,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31279,
    "c": 0.12838,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A115A

secondary

#499334

accent

#EB3D63

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A115A

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

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