#4A1261#4A1261

#4A1261 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.134 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1261
RGB	rgb(74, 18, 97)
HSL	hsl(283, 69%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(283, 81%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 81.4%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.02, 38.83, -34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.02, 51.83, 318.52°)
OKLab	oklab(31.93% 0.0927 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(31.93% 0.134 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.1976, 2.7517, 11.5643)
Luminance	0.0275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1261 #296112

analogous

#231261 #4A1261 #611250

triadic

#4A1261 #614A12 #12614A

tetradic

#4A1261 #612312 #296112 #125061

square

#4A1261 #612312 #296112 #125061

split-complementary

#4A1261 #506112 #126123

monochromatic

#14051A #23082D #4A1261 #711C95 #9925C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.54

#4A1261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#4A1261 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1261

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1261	1.00	13.54	1.55	13.54
#FFFFFF	13.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A2F5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482439

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 18, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.134 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80578e',
    500: '#4a1261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1261;
$custom-light: #80578e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.532,
    "s": 68.696,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31929,
    "c": 0.13417,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1261

secondary

#539936

accent

#EC3C6F

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1261

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

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