#4A115C#4A115C

#4A115C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.130 H 316.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A115C
RGB	rgb(74, 17, 92)
HSL	hsl(286, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(286, 82%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 81.5%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.50, 38.11, -31.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.50, 49.67, 320.10°)
OKLab	oklab(31.44% 0.0945 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(31.44% 0.13 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.9560, 2.6297, 10.3697)
Luminance	0.0263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.52

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A115C #235C11

analogous

#25115C #4A115C #5C1149

triadic

#4A115C #5C4A11 #115C4A

tetradic

#4A115C #5C2511 #235C11 #11495C

square

#4A115C #5C2511 #235C11 #11495C

split-complementary

#4A115C #495C11 #115C25

monochromatic

#15051A #200728 #4A115C #741B90 #9D24C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.76

#4A115C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#4A115C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A115C

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A115C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A115C	1.00	13.76	1.53	13.76
#FFFFFF	13.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#112F5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492236

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a115c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 17, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.130 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80568b',
    500: '#4a115c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a115c;
$custom-light: #80568b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a115c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.6,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31435,
    "c": 0.13034,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A115C

secondary

#4B9534

accent

#EC3C66

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A115C

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

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