#4A185B#4A185B

#4A185B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.120 H 316.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A185B
RGB	rgb(74, 24, 91)
HSL	hsl(285, 58%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(285, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 73.6%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.49, 34.84, -29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.49, 45.71, 319.66°)
OKLab	oklab(32.12% 0.0868 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(32.12% 0.12 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.0387, 2.8646, 10.1830)
Luminance	0.0286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A185B #295B18

analogous

#28185B #4A185B #5B184B

triadic

#4A185B #5B4A18 #185B4A

tetradic

#4A185B #5B2818 #295B18 #184B5B

square

#4A185B #5B2818 #295B18 #184B5B

split-complementary

#4A185B #4B5B18 #185B28

monochromatic

#140618 #230B2B #4A185B #71258B #9932BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.35

#4A185B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4A185B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A185B

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A185B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A185B	1.00	13.35	1.57	13.35
#FFFFFF	13.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492537

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a185b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 24, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.120 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5a8a',
    500: '#4a185b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a185b;
$custom-light: #7f5a8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a185b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.776,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32122,
    "c": 0.12022,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A185B

secondary

#53923D

accent

#E1466E

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A185B

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

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