#4A145E#4A145E

#4A145E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.129 H 315.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A145E
RGB	rgb(74, 20, 94)
HSL	hsl(284, 65%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(284, 79%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 78.7%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.07, 37.33, -32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.07, 49.34, 319.17°)
OKLab	oklab(31.89% 0.0911 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(31.89% 0.129 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.0942, 2.7645, 10.8528)
Luminance	0.0276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.05

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A145E #285E14

analogous

#25145E #4A145E #5E144D

triadic

#4A145E #5E4A14 #145E4A

tetradic

#4A145E #5E2514 #285E14 #144D5E

square

#4A145E #5E2514 #285E14 #144D5E

split-complementary

#4A145E #4D5E14 #145E25

monochromatic

#140519 #22092C #4A145E #721F90 #9929C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.52

#4A145E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#4A145E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A145E

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A145E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A145E	1.00	13.52	1.55	13.52
#FFFFFF	13.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11305C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482438

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a145e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 20, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.129 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80588c',
    500: '#4a145e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a145e;
$custom-light: #80588c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a145e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.784,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31894,
    "c": 0.12873,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A145E

secondary

#519638

accent

#E8406D

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A145E

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

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