#4A1459#4A1459

#4A1459 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.124 H 317.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1459
RGB	rgb(74, 20, 89)
HSL	hsl(287, 63%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(287, 78%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 77.5%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.70, 36.22, -29.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.70, 46.72, 320.82°)
OKLab	oklab(31.51% 0.0917 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(31.51% 0.124 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.8771, 2.6776, 9.7092)
Luminance	0.0268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1459 #235914

analogous

#281459 #4A1459 #591446

triadic

#4A1459 #594A14 #14594A

tetradic

#4A1459 #592814 #235914 #144659

square

#4A1459 #592814 #235914 #144659

split-complementary

#4A1459 #465914 #145928

monochromatic

#150619 #200927 #4A1459 #741F8B #9D2ABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.68

#4A1459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#4A1459 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1459

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1459	1.00	13.68	1.54	13.68
#FFFFFF	13.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#172F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2235

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 20, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.124 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5888',
    500: '#4a1459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1459;
$custom-light: #7f5888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.957,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31512,
    "c": 0.12365,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1459

secondary

#4B9138

accent

#E64165

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1459

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

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