#4A165A#4A165A

#4A165A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.122 H 317.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A165A
RGB	rgb(74, 22, 90)
HSL	hsl(286, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(286, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 75.6%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.09, 35.55, -29.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.09, 46.24, 320.25°)
OKLab	oklab(31.81% 0.0893 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(31.81% 0.122 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.9561, 2.7681, 9.9441)
Luminance	0.0277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A165A #265A16

analogous

#28165A #4A165A #5A1648

triadic

#4A165A #5A4A16 #165A4A

tetradic

#4A165A #5A2816 #265A16 #16485A

square

#4A165A #5A2816 #265A16 #16485A

split-complementary

#4A165A #485A16 #165A28

monochromatic

#140619 #220A29 #4A165A #72228B #9B2EBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.52

#4A165A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#4A165A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A165A

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A165A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A165A	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)

#002B5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492336

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a165a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 22, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.122 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5989',
    500: '#4a165a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a165a;
$custom-light: #7f5989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a165a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.882,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3181,
    "c": 0.12199,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A165A

secondary

#4F913B

accent

#E4446A

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A165A

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

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