#4A1257#4A1257

#4A1257 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.124 H 319.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1257
RGB	rgb(74, 18, 87)
HSL	hsl(289, 66%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(289, 79%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 79.3%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.26, 36.62, -28.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.26, 46.64, 321.74°)
OKLab	oklab(31.15% 0.0941 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(31.15% 0.124 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.7604, 2.5768, 9.2616)
Luminance	0.0258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1257 #1F5712

analogous

#281257 #4A1257 #571241

triadic

#4A1257 #574A12 #12574A

tetradic

#4A1257 #572812 #1F5712 #124157

square

#4A1257 #572812 #1F5712 #124157

split-complementary

#4A1257 #415712 #125728

monochromatic

#160519 #1F0824 #4A1257 #751C8A #A027BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.86

#4A1257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#4A1257 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1257

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1257	1.00	13.86	1.52	13.86
#FFFFFF	13.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#172E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 18, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.124 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5787',
    500: '#4a1257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1257;
$custom-light: #7f5787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.696,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31151,
    "c": 0.12422,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1257

secondary

#469035

accent

#E93F5F

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1257

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

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