#49147E#49147E

#49147E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.162 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49147E
RGB	rgb(73, 20, 126)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 84%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 84.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.66, 44.84, -48.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.66, 66.29, 312.57°)
OKLab	oklab(34.53% 0.0815 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(34.53% 0.162 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.7628, 3.4231, 20.0390)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.24

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49147E #497E14

analogous

#14147E #49147E #7E147E

triadic

#49147E #7E4914 #147E49

tetradic

#49147E #7E1414 #497E14 #147E7E

square

#49147E #7E1414 #497E14 #147E7E

split-complementary

#49147E #7E7E14 #147E14

monochromatic

#0F041A #2A0C49 #49147E #681CB3 #862EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.47

#49147E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#49147E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49147E

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49147E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49147E	1.00	12.47	1.68	12.47
#FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49147e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 20, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.162 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825aa4',
    500: '#49147e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49147e;
$custom-light: #825aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49147e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34531,
    "c": 0.16168,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49147E

secondary

#77B33A

accent

#EF3894

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49147E

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

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