#4A1256#4A1256

#4A1256 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.123 H 319.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1256
RGB	rgb(74, 18, 86)
HSL	hsl(289, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(289, 79%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 79.1%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.19, 36.41, -28.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.19, 46.13, 322.12°)
OKLab	oklab(31.08% 0.0942 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(31.08% 0.123 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.7199, 2.5606, 9.0479)
Luminance	0.0256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1256 #1E5612

analogous

#281256 #4A1256 #561240

triadic

#4A1256 #564A12 #12564A

tetradic

#4A1256 #562812 #1E5612 #124056

square

#4A1256 #562812 #1E5612 #124056

split-complementary

#4A1256 #405612 #125628

monochromatic

#160519 #1E0723 #4A1256 #761D89 #A127BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.89

#4A1256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#4A1256 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1256

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1256	1.00	13.89	1.51	13.89
#FFFFFF	13.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#182E54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A1F33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 18, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.123 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5686',
    500: '#4a1256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1256;
$custom-light: #7f5686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.412,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31077,
    "c": 0.12324,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1256

secondary

#458F35

accent

#E83F5D

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1256

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

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