#4A115E#4A115E

#4A115E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.132 H 315.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A115E
RGB	rgb(74, 17, 94)
HSL	hsl(284, 69%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(284, 82%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 81.9%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.65, 38.55, -32.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.65, 50.71, 319.48°)
OKLab	oklab(31.59% 0.0942 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(31.59% 0.132 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.0445, 2.6651, 10.8362)
Luminance	0.0267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.92

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A115E #255E11

analogous

#24115E #4A115E #5E114C

triadic

#4A115E #5E4A11 #115E4A

tetradic

#4A115E #5E2411 #255E11 #114C5E

square

#4A115E #5E2411 #255E11 #114C5E

split-complementary

#4A115E #4C5E11 #115E24

monochromatic

#14051A #21082A #4A115E #731A92 #9C24C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.70

#4A115E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#4A115E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A115E

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A115E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A115E	1.00	13.70	1.53	13.70
#FFFFFF	13.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E2F5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a115e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 17, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.132 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80568c',
    500: '#4a115e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a115e;
$custom-light: #80568c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a115e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.416,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31593,
    "c": 0.13232,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A115E

secondary

#4E9734

accent

#EC3C69

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A115E

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

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