#49147B#49147B

#49147B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.159 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49147B
RGB	rgb(73, 20, 123)
HSL	hsl(271, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 84%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 83.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.38, 44.09, -47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.38, 64.72, 312.94°)
OKLab	oklab(34.25% 0.0825 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(34.25% 0.159 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5721, 3.3468, 19.0348)
Luminance	0.0335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.45

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49147B #467B14

analogous

#16147B #49147B #7B1479

triadic

#49147B #7B4914 #147B49

tetradic

#49147B #7B1614 #467B14 #14797B

square

#49147B #7B1614 #467B14 #14797B

split-complementary

#49147B #797B14 #147B16

monochromatic

#10041A #2A0B46 #49147B #681DB0 #872DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.58

#49147B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#49147B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49147B

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49147B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49147B	1.00	12.58	1.67	12.58
#FFFFFF	12.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49147b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 20, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.159 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8159a2',
    500: '#49147b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49147b;
$custom-light: #8159a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49147b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.874,
    "s": 72.028,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34249,
    "c": 0.15854,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49147B

secondary

#74B13A

accent

#EF3991

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49147B

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

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