#4A185C#4A185C

#4A185C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.121 H 315.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A185C
RGB	rgb(74, 24, 92)
HSL	hsl(284, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(284, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 73.9%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.57, 35.07, -30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.57, 46.24, 319.32°)
OKLab	oklab(32.2% 0.0868 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(32.2% 0.121 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.0821, 2.8820, 10.4117)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A185C #2A5C18

analogous

#28185C #4A185C #5C184C

triadic

#4A185C #5C4A18 #185C4A

tetradic

#4A185C #5C2818 #2A5C18 #184C5C

square

#4A185C #5C2818 #2A5C18 #184C5C

split-complementary

#4A185C #4C5C18 #185C28

monochromatic

#140618 #230B2B #4A185C #71258D #9831BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.32

#4A185C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4A185C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A185C

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A185C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A185C	1.00	13.32	1.58	13.32
#FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17315A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492538

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a185c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 24, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.121 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5a8a',
    500: '#4a185c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a185c;
$custom-light: #7f5a8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a185c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.118,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32196,
    "c": 0.12129,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A185C

secondary

#54933D

accent

#E2466F

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A185C

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

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