#4A185A#4A185A

#4A185A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.119 H 316.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A185A
RGB	rgb(74, 24, 90)
HSL	hsl(285, 58%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(285, 73%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 73.3%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.42, 34.61, -29.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.42, 45.18, 320.01°)
OKLab	oklab(32.05% 0.0869 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(32.05% 0.119 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.9959, 2.8475, 9.9573)
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

#4A185A #285A18

analogous

#29185A #4A185A #5A1849

triadic

#4A185A #5A4A18 #185A4A

tetradic

#4A185A #5A2918 #285A18 #18495A

square

#4A185A #5A2918 #285A18 #18495A

split-complementary

#4A185A #495A18 #185A29

monochromatic

#140618 #220B2A #4A185A #72258A #9932BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.38

#4A185A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4A185A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A185A

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A185A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A185A	1.00	13.38	1.57	13.38
#FFFFFF	13.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492537

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a185a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 24, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.119 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5a89',
    500: '#4a185a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a185a;
$custom-light: #7f5a89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a185a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.455,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32048,
    "c": 0.11916,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A185A

secondary

#51913D

accent

#E1476C

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A185A

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

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