#4A1259#4A1259

#4A1259 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.126 H 318.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1259
RGB	rgb(74, 18, 89)
HSL	hsl(287, 66%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(287, 80%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 79.8%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.41, 37.06, -29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.41, 47.67, 321.01°)
OKLab	oklab(31.3% 0.0939 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(31.3% 0.126 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.8433, 2.6099, 9.6979)
Luminance	0.0261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1259 #215912

analogous

#261259 #4A1259 #591244

triadic

#4A1259 #594A12 #12594A

tetradic

#4A1259 #592612 #215912 #124459

square

#4A1259 #592612 #215912 #124459

split-complementary

#4A1259 #445912 #125926

monochromatic

#150519 #200826 #4A1259 #741C8C #9F27BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.80

#4A1259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#4A1259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1259

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1259	1.00	13.80	1.52	13.80
#FFFFFF	13.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#152F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2134

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 18, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.126 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5788',
    500: '#4a1259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1259;
$custom-light: #7f5788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.324,
    "s": 66.355,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31302,
    "c": 0.1262,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1259

secondary

#499235

accent

#E93F63

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1259

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

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