#4A1161#4A1161

#4A1161 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.135 H 313.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1161
RGB	rgb(74, 17, 97)
HSL	hsl(283, 70%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(283, 82%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 82.5%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.89, 39.22, -34.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.89, 52.27, 318.62°)
OKLab	oklab(31.83% 0.0936 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(31.83% 0.135 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.1818, 2.7200, 11.5590)
Luminance	0.0272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1161 #286111

analogous

#221161 #4A1161 #611150

triadic

#4A1161 #614A11 #11614A

tetradic

#4A1161 #612211 #286111 #115061

square

#4A1161 #612211 #286111 #115061

split-complementary

#4A1161 #506111 #116122

monochromatic

#14051A #22082D #4A1161 #721A95 #9923C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.60

#4A1161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#4A1161 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1161

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1161	1.00	13.60	1.54	13.60
#FFFFFF	13.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#092F5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482439

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 17, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.135 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80578e',
    500: '#4a1161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1161;
$custom-light: #80578e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.75,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31834,
    "c": 0.13529,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1161

secondary

#519934

accent

#ED3B6E

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1161

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

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