#4A1255#4A1255

#4A1255 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.122 H 320.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1255
RGB	rgb(74, 18, 85)
HSL	hsl(290, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(290, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 78.8%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.12, 36.19, -27.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.12, 45.62, 322.51°)
OKLab	oklab(31% 0.0943 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(31% 0.122 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.6798, 2.5446, 8.8372)
Luminance	0.0254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1255 #1D5512

analogous

#281255 #4A1255 #55123F

triadic

#4A1255 #554A12 #12554A

tetradic

#4A1255 #552812 #1D5512 #123F55

square

#4A1255 #552812 #1D5512 #123F55

split-complementary

#4A1255 #3F5512 #125528

monochromatic

#160519 #1E0722 #4A1255 #761D88 #A227BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.92

#4A1255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#4A1255 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1255

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1255	1.00	13.92	1.51	13.92
#FFFFFF	13.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#192E53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A1F32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 18, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.122 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5685',
    500: '#4a1255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1255;
$custom-light: #7f5685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.149,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31003,
    "c": 0.12226,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1255

secondary

#448E35

accent

#E8405B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1255

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

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