#4A1359#4A1359

#4A1359 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.125 H 318.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1359
RGB	rgb(74, 19, 89)
HSL	hsl(287, 65%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(287, 79%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 78.7%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.55, 36.64, -29.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.55, 47.20, 320.92°)
OKLab	oklab(31.41% 0.0928 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(31.41% 0.125 318)
XYZ	xyz(4.8598, 2.6431, 9.7034)
Luminance	0.0264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1359 #225913

analogous

#271359 #4A1359 #591345

triadic

#4A1359 #594A13 #13594A

tetradic

#4A1359 #592713 #225913 #134559

square

#4A1359 #592713 #225913 #134559

split-complementary

#4A1359 #455913 #135927

monochromatic

#150519 #200827 #4A1359 #741E8B #9E29BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.74

#4A1359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#4A1359 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1359

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1359	1.00	13.74	1.53	13.74
#FFFFFF	13.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#162F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2135

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 19, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.125 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5788',
    500: '#4a1359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1359;
$custom-light: #7f5788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.143,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31405,
    "c": 0.12494,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.02643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1359

secondary

#4A9137

accent

#E84064

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1359

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

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