#4A115D#4A115D

#4A115D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.131 H 315.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A115D
RGB	rgb(74, 17, 93)
HSL	hsl(285, 69%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(285, 82%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 81.7%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.57, 38.33, -32.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.57, 50.19, 319.79°)
OKLab	oklab(31.51% 0.0944 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(31.51% 0.131 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.0000, 2.6473, 10.6014)
Luminance	0.0265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.72

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A115D #245D11

analogous

#24115D #4A115D #5D114A

triadic

#4A115D #5D4A11 #115D4A

tetradic

#4A115D #5D2411 #245D11 #114A5D

square

#4A115D #5D2411 #245D11 #114A5D

split-complementary

#4A115D #4A5D11 #115D24

monochromatic

#15051A #210829 #4A115D #731A91 #9C24C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.73

#4A115D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#4A115D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A115D

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A115D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A115D	1.00	13.73	1.53	13.73
#FFFFFF	13.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#102F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492236

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a115d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 17, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.131 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80568b',
    500: '#4a115d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a115d;
$custom-light: #80568b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a115d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31513,
    "c": 0.13133,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A115D

secondary

#4D9634

accent

#EC3C68

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A115D

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

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