#4A1561#4A1561

#4A1561 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.131 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1561
RGB	rgb(74, 21, 97)
HSL	hsl(282, 64%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(282, 78%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 78.4%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.46, 37.59, -33.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.46, 50.44, 318.18°)
OKLab	oklab(32.24% 0.0896 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(32.24% 0.131 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.2495, 2.8554, 11.5816)
Luminance	0.0285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1561 #2C6115

analogous

#241561 #4A1561 #611552

triadic

#4A1561 #614A15 #15614A

tetradic

#4A1561 #612415 #2C6115 #155261

square

#4A1561 #612415 #2C6115 #155261

split-complementary

#4A1561 #526115 #156124

monochromatic

#130519 #240A2F #4A1561 #702093 #972BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.37

#4A1561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4A1561 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1561

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1561	1.00	13.37	1.57	13.37
#FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E305F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48263A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 21, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.131 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80588e',
    500: '#4a1561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1561;
$custom-light: #80588e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.842,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32236,
    "c": 0.13057,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1561

secondary

#56983A

accent

#E74073

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1561

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

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